Thanksgiving Foods

[Genevieve]

As we start November in America we tend to be thinking of Thanksgiving. So I thought we would look at some of the foods that get eaten them.

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

1. Turkey
Turkey is the most common main dish of a Thanksgiving dinner, to the point that Thanksgiving is often called "Turkey Day". Alexander Hamilton proclaimed that "no citizen of the United States should refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day", and Benjamin Franklin had high regard for the wild turkey as an American icon.
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.

2. Stuffing
The word "stuffing" comes from the practice of filling a bird or other food with a mixture of ingredients before cooking it. The term has been used in English since at least the 1500s, but its origins can be traced back to ancient times. The Roman cookbook Apicius de re Coquinaria, dating back to the 1st or 2nd century AD, contains recipes for stuffing.
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.

3. Gravy
You can never go wrong with homemade gravy. Rich, velvety and full of flavor, it's the absolute best way to enhance turkey, mashed potatoes and more. Most families say this is a must for a Thanksgiving feast.
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

4. Cranberry Sauce
There is always a debate canned jelled cranberry sauce or whole berry. The tart fruit became popularly used to create cranberry sauce for turkey and other types of meat in the late 17th century,. Cranberry sauce became a staple dish in the U.S., with its popularity taking off even more throughout the 19th century
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
This holiday staple may have roots in 17th century English cooking. As families get ready to set their holiday tables, one of the quintessential side dishes is mashed potatoes. A perfect complement to any main course and a creamy indulgence.
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
Records show this popular Thanksgiving side dish can be traced back to James Hemings, an enslaved African, who prepared mac and cheese for Thomas Jefferson after Jefferson encountered it in Paris in the 1780 and fell in love with it.
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
Green Bean Casserole is a must for most Thanksgiving dinners in the U.S. The recipe was created in 1955 by Dorcas Reilly at the Campbell Soup Company. As of 2020, Campbell's estimated it was served in 20 million Thanksgiving dinners in the US each year and that 40% of the company's cream of mushroom soup sales go into a version of this dish.
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
A Thanksgiving favorite, sweet potato casserole is made by baking sweet potatoes with marshmallows and brown sugar. The recipe for this popular dish became popular during the Prohibition Era, when Angelus Marshmallows created a cookbook that included it in 1917.
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
Though not every ones favorite this is a side dish that can be done many ways. Just plain, roasted or add something tasty to them like bacon, chestnuts or cranberries. Try adding balsamic, maple, garlic or parmesan for a tasty dish.
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
Of course you can just open a can for this popular dish but it won't be as good as homemade. True creamed corn is nothing more than corn kernels lightly cooked in butter, stirred with cream and then heated gently. Some recipes call for cayenne pepper to spice it up a little.
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
Cornbread itself is a European take on a traditional Native American food. Corn was new and unusual to the early European immigrants, who were used to wheat. This cultural difference made it difficult for the colonists to follow recipes that used corn meal to make cake and bread. Cornmeal is cooked differently than wheat, which led to variations of what we know today as cornbread.
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

12 Rolls/ biscuits
Hot crispy rolls or butter slathered biscuits are a must for Thanksgiving. Whether you choose a fruit-and-nut-studded loaf, fluffy biscuits, or an easy-to-make, no-yeast option, you'll find that everyone has space on their plate when the breadbasket is passed around.
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

13 Butternut squash
A delicious side for Thanksgiving and can be prepared so many different ways. It can be roasted with something like maple or brown sugar, done as a soup for a starter, or simply mashed.
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
Simple but tasty as a side for Thanksgiving. You can jazz them up by glazing them with a brown sugar butter or a honey garlic butter. Also good is roasted with honey maple.
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
Candied yams are a classic Southern dish and quintessential Thanksgiving side. Candied yams are made by par-cooking sweet potatoes in boiling water, placing them in a baking dish, and topping with a mixture of butter, sugar, and spice. They're then baked until tender and the sweet sauce mixture has thickened and is rich in color. A lot of recipes Include adding marshmallows.
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
Pecan pie is made with pecans mixed with a filling of eggs, butter and sugar. Variations may include white or brown sugar, cane syrup, sugar syrup, molasses, maple syrup, or honey. It is commonly served at Thanksgiving and is considered a specialty of Southern U.S.
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.

17. Pumpkin Pie.
Pumpkin pie is made with a spiced, pumpkin-based custard filling. The pumpkin and pumpkin pie are both a symbol of harvest time, and pumpkin pie is generally eaten during the fall and early winter. The pie is generally flavored with pumpkin pie spice, a blend that includes cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves or allspice.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

18. Cranberry Pie
Yes pumpkin pie is traditional but for us who love cranberries this is the pie for us. Different types of crust can be used: a traditional pie crust, a gingersnap crust or a graham cracker crust. The filling can be cranberries plain or mixed with apples or nuts. Some have cream and gelatin others just lemon juice.
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
Noted first in the 14th century, apple pie recipes are a standard part of cuisines in many countries. Apple pies are an unofficial symbol of the United States and one of its signature comfort foods. Apple pie is often served with whipped cream, ice cream, custard or cheddar cheese. It is generally double-crusted, and the upper crust may be solid or latticed.
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet potato pie first appeared in the southern United States from the early colonial days. Recipes for sweet potato pie first appeared in printed cookbooks in the 18th century, where it was included with savory vegetable dishes. By the 19th century, sweet potato pie was more commonly classified as a dessert.
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.

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Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

41/41+

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
🟡 Character named Hamilton: Furever After by Sofie Kelly 12/11/24
🟡 Turkey on cover: The Knife Before Christmas by Kate Carlisle 12/15/24


2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
🟡 Author's initials NG: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 12/7/24
🟡 Author's initials SI: We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida 12/19/24

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
🟡 Author's initials AH: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett 11/10/24
🟡 Character is rich: The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton 11/18/24
🟡 MMC is rich: Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood 11/24/24
🟡 Author's initials are OD: All by My Elf by Olivia Dade 11/24/24
🟡 MMC Cameron Clewe is rich: A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert 12/16/24

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
🟡 Fortune Funhouse (Miss Fortune Mystery #19) by Jana Deleon 12/17/24

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
🟡 Tagged as holiday (Halloween): The Legend of Sleepy Harlow by Kylie Logan 11/22/24
🟡 Tagged as holiday (Christmas): 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost 12/8/24

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
🟡 MC's brother is named James: Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O'Connor 11/11/24
🟡 MMC named James: The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers 11/20/24
🟡 MC's boyfriend is James: Digging Up History by Sheila Connolly 11/27/24
🟡 MC's brother is James: Murder at an Irish Christmas by Carlene O'Connor 12/6/24

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
🟡 Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 11/15/24
🟡 The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali 12/4/24


8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
🟡 MC eats a peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich: Absence of Alice by Sherry Harris 11/12/24
🟡 Book that is sweet: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy 11/19/24

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
🟡 "...and alternated those bites with crispy-looking bacon." (Location 19%): The Cat, the Vagabond and the Victim by Leann Sweeney 11/7/24
🟡 "I found Diesel and Ramses in the kitchen, begging Azalea for bacon as usual....Since I loved bacon --a bit too well for my cholesterol--I didn't mind having it for breakfast so often." p215: Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James 12/2/24

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
🟡 Author's initials CM: Death of an Irish Mummy by Catie Murphy 11/9/24

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
🟡 Author's initials EA: Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams 11/14/24
🟡 Authors initials DB: Geared for the Grave by Duffy Brown 11/23/24
🟡 Set in Europe: A Cold Nose for Murder by Jennifer Hawkins 12/5/24
🟡 Author's initials are AB: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 12/10/24
🟡 Author's initials are BA: Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allan 12/13/24
🟡 Set in Europe: Snowed In by Catherine Walsh 12/21/24

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
🟡 "We decided to forget all about David Cooper and have a dog biscuit." p78 (43%): Moving Violation by Melanie Jackson 11/2/24
🟡 Location is Sinful, Louisiana: Gators and Garters by Jana Deleon 11/21/24
🟡 Apples on the cover: Pulp Friction by Julie Anne (Lindsey) Hatcher 11/28/24


13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
🟡 MCs listen to jazz music: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid 11/25/24
🟡 Hennessy called Frances "honey": Grace Interrupted by Julie Hyzy 12/18/24

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
🟡 Set in South: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw 11/8/24

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
🟡 MC puts ginger syrup on on a lime cream angel cake p31: Murder Always Barks Twice by Jennifer Hawkins 11/1/24
🟡 Author's initials are AP: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 12/20/24

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
🟡 Character follows tradition: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 11/16/24
🟡 "Try the venison pie. It's one of Miss Jones's finer creations." p150 A Picture of Murder by T.E. Kinsey 12/1/24

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
🟡 Set in the US: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 11/30/24

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
🟡 Vegetables on cover: Peking Duck and Cover by Vivien Chien 11/6/24

[Genevieve]

Welcome Lali & Michelle

[Genevieve]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.
Read 43
TASKS

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love by Emmy Sanders 6/14/2025
Kerfuffle at the Border by Seren Star Goode 4/2/2025

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams 10/26/2025

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover
by Ian Rankin 1/31/2025
by Peter Robinson 1/29/2025

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton 11/16/2024
First Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton 10/23/2025

🦃 Read a book that is tagged as holiday.
That Turtle Story by C.S. Poe 11/16/2024
Death, Taxes, and Mistletoe Mayhem by Diane Kelly 11/22/2024
It Started With A Sleigh by Kaydence Snow 12/17/2025

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris.
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans 7/27/2025

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover
by Lesa Cline-Ransome 1/13/2025

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire 9/7/2025

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman 6/7/2025
Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman 9/20/2025
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 6/29/2025
The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams 6/27/2025

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Caught Bread Handed by Ellie Alexander 12/21/2024 (Oregon)
Beer and Loathing by Ellie Alexander 10/25/2024 (Oregon)

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover.
by Gregory Ashe 1/6/2025

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA.
The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis 11/15/2024
🦃 Read a book by a favorite author
Angel of Death by Aron Lewes 11/3/2024
Archangel Undercover by Aron Lewes 11/10/2024
Cole by L.A. Witt 11/25/2024
Bryce by L.A. Witt 11/29/2024
About Last Night by Aimee Nicole Walker 12/19/2024
Luca by L.A. Witt 10/23/2024
Ghosted by Josh Lanyon 8/11/2025
Hudson River Homicides by C.S. Poe 4/08/2025

🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
Frosty the Snowman by Diane Muldrow 11/19/2024
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack 12/10/2024

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
Interlude by C.S. Poe 11/18/2024

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
The Boyfriend Kickoff by Lauren Blakely 6/11/2025
The Solace of Bay Leaves by Leslie Budewitz 4/3/2025

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
A Necessary End by Peter Robinson 7/27/2025

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA
Flippin' Out by Patti Benning 11/19/2024 (Kentucky)
Fixing Forever by Caroline Lee 12/4/2024 (Idaho)
Murder on the Island by Daisy Landish 12/12/2024 (Maine)
Contracted Cowboy by Liz Isaacson 12/13/2024 (Idaho)
Bedhead by Brooke Blaine 12/16/2024 (New York)
Grandpa's Scroll by Ginger Park 12/20/2024 (Washington DC)
Tide and Seek : by S.C. Wynne 10/20/2025 (California)

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
Nutcracker Nemesis: A Yuletide Tale of Mystery by Summer Prescott 11/27/2024

[Melissa A]

FINISHED! Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025 (11/26/24)

Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS 50/41+

☑️ 1. Turkey (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin

Worst Case Scenario T.J. Newman (Benjamin) 11/22/24

X or with a character who is described as wild

You Have Gone Too Far (County Kerry Mystery 3) Carlene O'Connor (unwed mothers and cult members) 11/12/24

X or with a turkey on the cover.

Thanksgiving Dinner Death (Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery 2) Leighann Dobbs 11/03/24

☑️ 2. Stuffing (2)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing

Trapping, Turkeys, & Thanksgiving (Pelican Cove) Tonya Kappes (p. 80) 11/09/24

or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook

X or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.

The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 11/12/24

☑️ 3. Gravy (4)
X 🦃Read a book with a character who is rich

Dying for Danish (Lexy Baker 2) Leighann Dobbs (the murder victim was a gold digger the groom to be a millionaire) 11/06/24

X or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation)

The Reunion Dinner (Busybodies 2) Jesse Q. Sutanto (Chinese New Year meal) 11/12/24

XX or where the author’s initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

Holiday Hideaway Mary Kay Andrews 11/02/24

The Life Impossible Matt Haig 11/22/24

☑️ 4. Cranberry Sauce (1)
🦃 Read a book with a red cover

X or where a character opens a can of something

What Never Happened Rachel Howzell Hall (p. 12) 11/09/24

or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

☑️ 5. Mashed Potatoes (5)
XXX 🦃Read a book set in England

We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders 1) Richard Osman 11/07/24

Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident (The Parasol Protectorate .75) Gail Carriger (England) 11/04/24

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School 1) Gail Carriger 11/18/24

The Third Wife Lisa Jewell 11/22/24

X or that genre is tagged as holiday

Death of a Pumpkin Carver (Haley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery 8) Lee Hollis 11/16/24

or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

☑️ 6. Macaroni & Cheese (1)
🦃 Read a book set in Paris

or where a character eats mac and cheese

X or with a character called James or Thomas.

James Percival Everett 11/01/24

☑️ 7. Green Bean Casserole (2)
X 🦃 Read a book with a green cover

Sewing Suspicion (Quilting Cozy 1) Kathryn Mykel 11/26/25

X or where the page count has a 2 and 0

Reading Between the Lies (Survivors’ Book Club Mystery 4) Lynn Cahoon (201 pages) 11/03/24

or where a character or author’s last name is Campbell.

☑️ 8. Sweet Potato Casserole (1)
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows

X or a book that you think is sweet

Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe 1) Ali Hazelwood 11/24/24

or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

☑️ 9. Brussels sprouts (3)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something

Aunt Bessie Enjoys (Isle of Man 5) Diana Xarissa (Bessie roasts two chickens for Wednesday’s dinner) 11/24/24

X or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Italian Wedding Murder (Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria 4) Patti Benning (p. 69 “. . . halfway done with her bacon, chicken and pineapple personal pizza . . .”) 11/05/24

X or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet 2) Sarah Adams 11/25/24

☑️ 10. Creamed Corn (3)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter

All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker (p. 255 Buttercake is made) 11/21/24

X or a book you think is spicy

Window Shopping Tessa Bailey 11/15/24

X or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

Pet (Pet 1) Akwaeke Emezi 11/04/24

☑️ 11. Cornbread (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with a Native American character

Wandering Stars (There, There 2) Tommy Orange 11/08/24

X or set in Europe

Murder in Verona (Armstrong and Oscar 9) T.A. Williams (Italy) 11/15/24

X or where the author’s initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

More Than a Silly Crush (Cowboys of Stargazer Ranch 4) Remi Carrington 11/04/24

☑️ 12 Rolls/ biscuits (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year Margaret Renkl 11/17/24

X or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Death in the Romance Aisle (Survivors’ Bookclub 3) Lynn Cahoon (p. 27 “. . . held out a doggie biscuit for Killer . . .”) 11/01/24

X or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

Come Homicide or High Water (Welcome Back to Scrumble River 3) Denise Swanson (Scrumble River) 11/05/24

☑️ 13 Butternut squash (2)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides (p. 474 “. . . We got bean soup . . .”) 11/02/24

X or puts sugar in something

Triple Shot (Maggie Thorsten 7) Sandra Balzo 11/17/24

or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

☑️ 14 Carrots (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with an orange cover

Magical Meet Cute Jean Meltzer 11/06/24

X or where a character listens to jazz music

The Only Woman in the Room Marie Benedict (p. 76 - Hedy listens to jazz on her honeymoon) 11/10/24

X or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

Vera Kelly: Lost and Found (Vera Kelly 3) Rosalie Knecht (Vera calls Max Honey) 11/10/24

☑️ 15. Candied Yams (5)
X 🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...

Jewel Bret Lott (Mississippi) 11/07/24

Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome 2) Sarah Adams (Kentucky) 11/13/24

X or read a book by a favorite author

Slow Dance Rainbow Rowell 11/15/24

XX or where the author’s initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber 11/24/24

Zapped in the Zinnias (Lovely Lethal Gardens 26) Dale Mayer 11/24/24

☑️ 16. Pecan Pie (1)
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover

X or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what)

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country Louise Erdrich (p. 89 - Ojibwemowin maple syrup on pancakes) 11/11/24

or where the author’s initials can be found in PECAN.

☑️ 17. Pumpkin Pie. (2)
🦃 Read a book set in fall

X or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what)

Pumpkin Spice Puppy (Melanie Travis 30) Laurien Berenson (to a pumpkin latte) 11/16/24

X or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

The Truth about the Devlins Lisa Scottoline 11/03/24

☑️ 18. Cranberry Pie (4)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Plainsong (Plainsong 1) Kent Haruf
(p. 172 “. . . Dutch Apple Pie . . . but she could only eat half of hers . . .”) 11/08/24

XX or where a character follows tradition

Coco: A Story about Music, Shoes, and Family Diana López (Miguel’s family makes shoes) 11/17/24

Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa Cather 11/25/24

X or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School 1) Gail Carriger 11/18/24

☑️ 19. Apple Pie (3)
XX 🦃 Read a book set in the U.S.

The Doll's House Lisa Unger (upstate New York) 11/06/24

A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving (New Hampshire) 11/20/24

or that is 14th in a series

X or where a character serves comfort food.

Murder, Money & Marzipan (Lexy Baker 3) Leighann Dobbs 11/11/24

☑️ 20. Sweet Potato Pie (1)
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783)

or with vegetables on the cover

X or where the author’s initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division Elif Shafak 11/23/24

[Genevieve]

Welcome Melissa A

[Frankie]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

49/41+ Completed. Finish

TASKS
1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or
with a turkey on the cover.
A Match Made for Thanksgiving-Jackie Lau 12/14/24


2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or
where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or
where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
Dana Stabenow-A Cold Day for Murder 11/02/24
Elle Gray-Whispers at the Reunion 11/07/24
Roger Stelljes-The Snow Graves 11/26/24
Sheldon Siegel-Special Circumstances 12/22/24

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or
Meant for Love-Natasha Madison 11/04/24
Make Me Sin-J.T. Geissinger 1/09/25
where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or
Clown Motel-Lani Lynn Vale 1/18/25
where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
Amy Daws-Nine Month Contract 11/08/24
Aly Martinez-Reclaim 11/16/24
Heather M. Orgeron-Doppelbanger 1/02/25
Mr. Hook-up-Marni Mann 1/29/25
Daphne Elliot-Mother Hater 2/03/25

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or
Third Grave Dead Ahead-Darynda Jones 12/16/24
Brooklyn Blood-M.Z. Kelly 1/20/25

where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or
that genre is tagged as holiday or
The Pumpkin Spice Café-Laurie Gilmore 11/03/24
My December Darling-Lauren Asher 12/01/24
The Worst Christmas Wife-Katie Bachand 12/27/24
Trick or Truce-Kristen Granata 1/16/25
A Sugarloaf Valentine-Rosemary Whittaker 2/14/25
My Phony Valentine-Courtney Walsh 2/16/25
where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or
with a character called James or Thomas.
(Thomas)
The Drowning at Dyes Inlet-D.D. Black 12/26/24

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet-Darynda Jones 12/16/24
Follow the Money-Gina LaManna 1/04/25

where the page count has a 2 and 0 or
(302)
Pretty Broken Dolls-Jennifer Chase 11/10/24
(206)
November's Past-A.E. Howe 11/14/24
(250)
The Nightmare at Manhattan Beach-D.D. Black 1/20/25
(270)
Bain-Sawyer Bennett 1/27/25
where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or
where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
Pg.178"We eat a breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon..."
Life After Wife-Amber Kelly 11/02/24
Pg.215"After eating the traditional breakfast, eggs, bacon, shredded hash browns..."
Three Small Bones-Jennifer Chase 11/29/24
where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
The Bombshell Effect-Karla Sorensen 11/17/24
The Broken Places-Mia Sheridan 1/17/25

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or
a book you think is spicy or
where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Carolyn Arnold-Last Seen Alive 11/09/24
Michael Connelly-The Reversal 11/09/24
Mildred Abbott-Traitorous Toys 12/10/24
Corinne Michaels-Forgotten Desires 12/11/24

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or
where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
Lucy Score-Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door 1/05/25
Brooke Montgomery-Here With Me 1/14/25
Maisey Yates-Happy After All 2/05/25

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or
(Texas)
Not a Role Model-Lani Lynn Vale 11/01/24
(Maryland)
Redline: A John Tyler Action Thriller-Tom Fowler 11/03/24
(Ohio)
Secrets of Blackhand Creek-Declan James 11/04/24
(California)
Ashes Never Lie-Lee Goldberg 11/13/24
(Pennsylvania)
Camden-Sawyer Bennett 11/16/24
that is 14th in a series or
(Olivia Knight FBI Mystery Thriller)
Fatal Lies-Elle Gray 12/22/24
where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or
with vegetables on the cover or
where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
Tom Threadgill-Winter's Fury 11/19/24
Tricia O'Malley-A Fifth of Tequila 11/27/24
Willow Aster-Mad Love 12/21/24
Traci Andrighetti-Prosecco Pink 1/07/25
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[Denise]

I'm in at level 3:
1. Turkey
📌📚🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
Say You're One of Them Uwem Akpan 22 Nov
A soldier boards a bus and is described as wild looking and "acts wildly"
A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare 24 Jan PUCK is wild

2. Stuffing
📌📚🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
A Match Made for Thanksgiving Jackie Lau 25 Jan eats stuffing and cookbook both
In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb initials RS

3. Gravy
💜📌📚🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin 4 Nov.
Three times: the invented family of boarders for Thanksgiving, the "family" of poor men who get Christmas dinner at the church, the Fiorello family when they meet Eilis
book:The Picture of Dorian Gray|220188217]. Oscar Wilde 21 Feb rich
Tehrangeles Porochista Khakpour 19 Apr Family of multi-millionaires. They spent $1700 on a cat psychic

4. Cranberry Sauce
📚🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
Hiromi Kawakami 26 Jan

5. Mashed Potatoes
📌📚🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
The Christmas Dog Sitters Lucy Mitchell 25 Nov
Holiday book and takes place in England
The Complete Poems William Blake 17 Apr ENGLAND

6. Macaroni & Cheese
📌📚🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
A Million Little Pieces James Frey 23 Dec Character named James eats mac and cheese
Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 25 Jan MC has cerebral palsy and eats mac n cheese because its less messy

7. Green Bean Casserole
📌📚🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell:
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales Oliver Sacks 15 Nov.
320 pages
Bibliolepsy Gina Apostol 1 Mar 201 pages

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
📌📚🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Sonora Reyes 19 Dec characters eat marshmallows
Evvie Drake Starts Over Linda Holmes 8 Dec I thought it was sweet

9. Brussels sprouts
📚🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
Still Alice Lisa Genova 8 Jan
page 64, a roast is being roasted

10. Creamed Corn
📚🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED:
Life, the Universe and Everything Douglas Adams 12 Dec initials DA

11. Cornbread
💜📌📚🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn 23 Dec Europe
Milkman Anna Burns 8 Feb initials AB and Europe
Wandering Stars Tommy Orange 11 Apr NA characters

12 Rolls/ biscuits
📌📚🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Kellie Coates Gilbert 27 Nov Fruit on cover
Table for Two Amor Towles 16 Feb Locations: Los Angeles

13 Butternut squash
📚🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).
Reasons to Stay Alive Matt Haig 29 Mar page 84 "make the soup"

14 Carrots
📌📚🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
Candice Carty-Williams 22 Dec
Geraldine Brooks 22 Feb

15. Candied Yams
📌📚🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr 8 Nov
Fave author and initials are A.D.
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
Initials SI

16. Pecan Pie
📌📚🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
How to Age Disgracefully Clare Pooley 29 Mar Initials CP
The Wedding People Alison Espach 26 Apr INITIALS AE

17. Pumpkin Pie.
📌📚🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL: Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly 17 Dec Initials MS
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers Samuel Burr 14 Mar Initials SB

18. Cranberry Pie
📌📚🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
The Whisper Sister Jennifer S. Brown 6 Jan
Some characters follow Jewish traditions following the death of a family member including sitting shiva bad lighting a candle on the death anniversary
The Nakano Thrift Shop page 33-34 poking her fork into the lemon pie, you must like pie

19. Apple Pie
✔️💜📌📚🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women Rey Terciero 8 Nov
Takes place in the US and has comfort food
Girlhood Melissa Febos 23 Dec takes place in US
How to Read a Book Monica Wood 20 Jan Takes place in US
Walden, or Life in the Woods and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau 22 Mar Take place in US

20. Sweet Potato Pie
💜📌📚🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
Hamlet William Shakespeare 27 Nov Initials WS
Just Kids Patti Smith 23 Dec
Initials PS
America Fantastica Tim O'Brien 8 Mar
Initials TO

[Caraina]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1: 10 - 20 Tasks
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

Completed: 20/10-20

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin Heaven Adjacent - Catherine Ryan Hyde 11/5/24
🦃 Read a book with a character who is described as wild
🦃 Read a book with a turkey on the cover.

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING. Sex, Lies, and Online Dating - Rachel Gibson 11/26/24

3. Gravy
🦃 Read a book with a character who is rich
🦃 Read a book where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation)
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE. Gulf Coast Secrets - Maggie Miller 11/15/24

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover
🦃 Read a book where a character opens a can of something
🦃 Read a book that is 17th or 19th in a series. Smokin' Seventeen - Janet Evanovich 3/21/25 (Stephanie Plum Series)

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃 Read a book set in England
🦃 Read a book that genre is tagged as holiday Cupcakes for Christmas - Kate Hewitt 12/16/24
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris The Paris Express - Emma Donoghue 7/7/25
🦃 Read a book where a character eats mac and cheese
🦃 Read a book with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover
🦃 Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0 Magic Slays - Ilona Andrews 11/13/24 (320 pgs.)
🦃 Read a book where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows
🦃 Read a book that you think is sweet Funny Story - Emily Henry 7/20/25
🦃 Read a book that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something The Sinner - Tess Gerritsen 11/4/24 (Turkey)
🦃 Read a book where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter
🦃 Read a book you think is spicy
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED. The Scholar - Dervla McTiernan 11/13/24

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character
🦃 Read a book set in Europe
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD. What We Find - Robyn Carr 11/16/24

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover
🦃 Read a book with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) A Harvest of Hope - Lauraine Snelling 11/3/24 (pg. 26 - Freda put biscuits in the oven.)
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🦃 Read a book where a character puts sugar in something Cake and Punishment - Maymee Bell 11/25/24
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover James - Percival Everett 7/8/25
🦃 Read a book where a character listens to jazz music
🦃 Read a book where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...
🦃 Read a book by a favorite author
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS. No Virgin Island - C. Michele Dorsey 11/10/24

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover
🦃 Read a book where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what)
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN. Hems and Homicide - Elizabeth Penney 11/11/24

17. Pumpkin Pie
🦃 Read a book set in fall
🦃 Read a book where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what)
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL. Out of the Flames - Stacy Lynn Miller 11/22/24

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🦃 Read a book where a character follows tradition
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum). Rejected Alpha's Return - Waverly Sage 7/9/25

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries - Tonya Kappes 11/1/24 (Set in Kentucky)
🦃 Read a book that is 14th in a series
🦃 Read a book where a character serves comfort food.

20. Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783)
🦃 Read a book with vegetables on the cover
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO. Worship - Trilina Pucci 11/2/24

[Julesy]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

Progress: 41/41

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
🦃 Read a book with a turkey on the cover. Turkey Trot Plot by Carolyn Keene - Nov. 17

🦃 Read a book with a turkey on the cover. A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau - Dec. 23


2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
📖Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING. Home for the Homicides by Rosalie Spielman - Nov. 14
📖Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING. The Missing Dragon by Ryan Estrada - Dec. 13

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
💰Read a book with a character who is rich. Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel by Bob Al-Greene - Nov. 3
🍲Read a book where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation). Dreamover by Dani Diaz - Dec. 21

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
🔴Read a book with a red cover. The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio - Nov. 8

🔴Read a book with a red cover. Total Suplex of the Heart by Joanne Starer - Dec. 12


5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
🐶That genre is tagged as holiday. Best in Snow by David Rosenfelt - Dec. 6
🎄That genre is tagged as holiday. Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay - Dec. 14

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
☂️Read a book set in Paris. Always Never by Jordi Lafebre - Dec. 9
🧀Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese. Murder at First Light by Christine Knapp - Dec. 11

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
🟢Read a book with a green cover. Korgi: The Complete Tale by Christian Slade - Nov. 8

🟢Read a book with a green cover. Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol - Nov. 12

🟢Read a book with a green cover. Asadora! 5 by Naoki Urasawa - Nov. 30

2️⃣0️⃣Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0. We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel by Josh Tuininga - Dec. 19

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
🧁Read a book that you think is sweet. Mia's Baker's Dozen: The Graphic Novel by Coco Simon - Dec. 1

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
🌽Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED. Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan - Nov. 30
🅰️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED. Sea Sirens by Amy Chu - Dec. 19

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
🅱️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD. Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year by Ramsey Beyer - Nov. 5
👩🏼‍🌾Read a book with a Native American character. Home for the Homicides by Rosalie Spielman - Nov. 14
👩🏽‍🌾Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD. We Served the People: My Mother's Stories by Emei Burell - Dec. 3
🎭Read a book set in Europe. (Greece) Athena the Proud by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams - Dec. 16

12. Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
🏄🏽‍♀️Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS. The Clue in the Reef by Kim Dwinell - Surfside City, CA - Dec. 7
🅰️🆗Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS. A-Okay by Jarad Greene - Lutz, FL - Dec. 17
🦆Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS. Wallace the Brave by Will Henry - Snug Harbor - Dec. 28

13. Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT (3 word minimum).

14. Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey. (Tell us whom).
🎷Read a book where a character listens to jazz music. Enter the Blue by Dave Chisholm - Dec. 15

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
🍠Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem - Nov. 7
🌅Read a book set in the South USA. Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi - Key West, FL - Nov. 15
📣Read a book set in the South USA. The Squad by Christina Soontornvat - Texas - Dec. 4

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
✍🏼Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN. Visitations by Corey Egbert - Nov. 9
✍🏼Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN. Puzzled: A Memoir about Growing Up with OCD by Pan Cooke - Dec. 27
🥞Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what). A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau - maple syrup on pancakes - Dec. 28

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🍵Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
☕Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what). Killer Under Contract by Catherine Bruns - a nonfat latte with a touch of cinnamon - Nov. 16
🅱️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL. The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Winterfest: Graphic Novel by Brenda Maier - Dec. 17

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
🧧Read a book where a character follows tradition. Peking Duck and Cover by Vivien Chien - lots of traditions are followed for Lunar New Year - Nov. 22
🎄Read a book where a character follows tradition. A Christmas Carol: A Graphic Novel by Benjamin Harper - Dec. 11

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
1️⃣4️⃣Read a book that is 14th in a series. Hounded to Death by Laurien Berenson - Nov. 10
🛤️Read a book set in the USA. Dying for a Decoration by Cindy Sample - Placerville, CA - Dec. 31

20. Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
🍠Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO. Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobin
🍠Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO. Saving Chupie by Amparo Ortiz - Nov. 22

[JoAnne]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
Level 1: 10 - 20 Tasks
Read: 20

TASKS
1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character who is described as wild.
Love in Due Time L.B. Dunbar 11/6/24

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in DRESSING.
Carpentry and Cocktails Nora Everly 12/17/24

3. Gravy
🦃 Read a book where a family sits down to a feast.
Falling For You Karice Bolton 11/16/24

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover.
Crime and Periodicals Nora Everly 12/15/24

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃 Read a book set in England.
A Seasonal Pursuit Rebecca Connolly 11/30/24

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book where a character eats mac and cheese.
Under the Stars Laura Pavlov 11/19/24

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0.
207 pages Remembering Betty Heather Sage 12/12/24

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows.
Christmas at the Marshmallow Cafe C.P. Ward 12/18/24

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character eats bacon.
Cross My Heart Lea Coll 11/4/24 p 171 He slid a plate of eggs and bacon across the counter toward me. There were even strawberries cut up on the side. Emotion clogged my throat as I picked up a fork and forced myself to eat.

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Falling Into Forever Elena Aitken 11/25/24

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
The Party Line Carolyn Brown 11/26/24

12. Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Solitude, Oregon Gone to Her Grave Melinda Leigh 11/29/24

13. Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup. Just Add Mischief Heather B. Moore 12/11/24 p 60 ...played on his lips before he took another bite of his soup.

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book where a character gets called honey.
Beverly Love in Deed L.B. Dunbar 11/11/24

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
The Grumpy Billionaire Who Stole Christmas Erin McCarthy 12/3/24

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character puts syrup on something.
Syrup on pancakes The Seaside House Sophie Kenna 11/10/24

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
A Broken Bone Melinda Leigh 11/5/24

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie.
p 198 "They did not seem pleased", Gabe announced, taking a bite out of the pie. (The pie was apple.) Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet Lucy Score 12/1/24

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character serves comfort food.
No More Secrets Lucy Score 11/22/24

20. Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book with vegetables on the cover.
The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore 11/15/24

[Barb]

THANKSGIVING FOODS, 11/1/24 – 10/31/25
42/41+ TASKS COMPLETE
Each task can be done as often as needed.

1. TURKEY
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin OR with a character who is described as wild
* wild char | Daz and Rose : The Silver-Haired Sisterhood, by Judy Leigh, finished 11/9/24 ★★★★
* Franklin : Death at Devil’s Bridge (Kathryn Ardleigh #4), by Robin Paige, finished 11/17/24 ★★★★

2. STUFFING
🦃 Read a book where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook OR where the author's initials can be found in DRESSING
* Azalea cooks : The Tell-Tale Homicide (Rare Books #2), by Daphne Silver, finished 11/1/24 ★★★★
* author Sophie Stirling – We Did That? Human Bloopers, Secret Histories, Medical Mysteries, Strange Superstitions, and Other Curiosities From Our Past, finished 12/22/24 ★★★.5

3. GRAVY
🦃Read a book where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE
* author Donna Andrews – How the Finch Stole Christmas (Meg Langslow #22), finished 11/8/24 ★★★★

4. CRANBERRY SAUCE
🦃 Read a book with a red cover
* Ten Lords a-Leaping (Father Tom Christmas #3), by C.C. Benison, finished 11/4/24 ★★★★


5. MASHED POTATOES
🦃Read a book set in England OR that genre is tagged as holiday
* England : Murder in the Manger (Sophie Sayers #3), by Debbie Young, finished 11/19/24 ★★★.5
* holiday : It’s a Wonderful Knife (Comfort Food #5), by Christine Wenger, finished 11/10/24 ★★★★

6. MACARONI & CHEESE
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas
* Thomas : Lady Odelia’s Secret (Scott-de-Quincy #2), by Jane Steen, finished 10/31/24 ★★★.5
* James : Winter Sisters (Mary Sutter #2), by Robin Oliveira, finished 11/20/24 ★★★★
* mac & cheese : Tuesday Trash and Trouble (Friday Night Murder Club #3), by Joanna Campbell Slan, finished 12/18/24 ★★★.5
* Paris : Night Train to Paris (Fen Churche #2), by Fliss Chester, finished 12/30/24 ★★★.5

7. GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
🦃 Read a book with a green cover OR where the page count has a 2 and 0
* green cover : The Library Game (Secret Staircase #4), by Gigi Pandian, finished 11/29/24 ★★★★
* 240 pages : Circles in the Snow (Sheriff Bo Tully #6), by Patrick F. McManus, finished 1/2/25 ★★★★


8. SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
🦃 Read a book that you think is sweet OR that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933)
* sweet book : Until Tomorrow (Boot Creek #3), by Nancy Naigle, finished 11/16/24 ★★★.5
* set 1931 : Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot #5), by Sophie Hannah, finished 11/7/24 ★★★.5

9. BRUSSELS SPROUTS
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS (three word minimum)
* bacon : Holiday Hideaway, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 11/16/24 ★★★.5
p. 15 “…four minutes later was devouring a bacon breakfast sandwich.”
* roast pig : The Map of True Places (Salem #2), by Brunonia Barry, finished 12/11/24 ★★★.5
* title letters : The Solace of Bay Leaves (Spice Shop #5), by Leslie Budewitz, finished 12/13/24 ★★★★

10. CREAMED CORN
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED
* author C.J. Archer – Murder at the Mayfair Hotel (Cleopatra Fox #1), finished 11/3/24 ★★★.5

11. CORNBREAD
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
* author Rhys Bowen – The Family Way (Molly Murphy #12), finished 12/4/24 ★★★★
* Europe | set in England : A Murderous Malady (Florence Nightingale #2), by Christine Trent, finished 1/1/25 ★★★.5
* Native American | Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee and more : Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee #10), by Tony Hillerman, finished 1/4/25 ★★★★

12 ROLLS/ BISCUITS
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS
* location St. John – Lowcountry Getaway (Liz Talbot #11), by Susan M. Boyer, finished 11/3/24 ★★★★

13 BUTTERNUT SQUASH
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) OR where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum)
* soup : Picked to Die (Orchard #8), by Sheila Connolly, finished 12/8/24 ★★★★
p. 228 “Meg outlined what she knew…carried them through soup and sandwiches.”
* title letters : The Red Box (Nero Wolfe #4), by Rex Stout, finished 1/3/25 ★★★.5

14. CARROTS
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
* cover : Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) (Vera Wong #2), by Jesse Q. Sutanto, finished 11/26/24 ★★★.5
* cover : Canyons, Caravans & Cadavers (Camper & Criminals #6), by Tonya Kappes, finished 12/20/24 ★★★.5
* jazz : The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America, by Joe Posnanski, finished 1/8/25 ★★★★


15. CANDIED YAMS
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
* a fav author : author Paige Shelton – Like Seeing a Ghost (Broken Rope #.5), finished 11/28/24 ★★★★
* south (TX) : Widow’s Tears (China Bayles #21), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 12/12/24 ★★★★
* author Addison Moore – Bloodbaths and Banana Cake (Murder in the Mix #7), by Addison Moore, finished 12/22/24 ★★★.5

16. PECAN PIE
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
* author Elizabeth Peters – Guardian of the Horizon (Amelia Peabody #16), by Elizabeth Peters, finished 12/3/24 ★★★★
* pancakes : Mother Daughter Traitor Spy, by Susan Elia MacNeal, finished 12/17/24 ★★★★
* pie : One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch #1), by Lynn Cahoon, finished 12/20/24 ★★★


17. PUMPKIN PIE
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
* author Laurien Berenson – Unleashed (Melanie Travis #7), finished 11/15/24 ★★★★
* fall : RaspBuried Torte (Black Cat Café #5), by Lyndsey Cole, finished 11/28/24 ★★★
* cinnamon added to rolls : As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles (Food Lovers’ Village #5), by Leslie Budewitz, finished 12/6/24 ★★★★

18. CRANBERRY PIE
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum)
* title letters : Rest in Peach (Georgia Peach #2), by Susan Furlong, finished 1/10/25 ★★★.5

19. APPLE PIE
🦃 Read a book set in the USA
* set Maine : Death of a Christmas Caterer (Hayley Powell #5), by Lee Hollis, finished 11/2/24 ★★★★

20. SWEET POTATO PIE
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO
* author Winnie Archer – Crust No One (Bread Shop #2), finished 1/11/25 ★★★.5
* author Terri L. Austin – Last Diner Standing (Rose Strickland #2), finished 1/12/25 ★★★.5

[Genevieve]

Welcome all

[Richard]

TLC - Thanksgiving Foods

✅ Total: 37/37

1. 🦃 Char - Benjamin
7/11 - The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend (Facts on File Library of Religion and Mythology) 2 Vol. Set, Anthony S. Mercatante - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Benjamin’s descendants became the tribe of Benjamin." p.187
2. 🦃 Char - described as wild
1/11 - The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, Richard A. Lertzman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Chapter 10: Mickey Goes Wild" p.161
3. 🦃 Cover - turkey
22/11 - , Sally Wise - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. 🦃 Plot - char reads a cookbook
25/11 - Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, Michael Moss - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Mortimer was quoted reading the long, arduous instructions in Fannie Farmer’s Cookbook for preparing a fresh fish" p.78
5. 🦃 Author - initials in DRESSING
2/11 - This is Planet Earth: Your ultimate guide to the world we call home, New Scientist - ⭐️⭐️
6. 🦃 Char - rich
2/11 - The Unusual Billionaires, Saurabh Mukherjea - ⭐️
"a company owned by Warren Buffett" p.286
7. 🦃 Author - initials in HOMEMADE
6/11 - Tim― The Official Biography of Avicii, Måns Mosesson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. 🦃 Cover - red
17/11 - , Lorraine L. Ukens - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. 🦃 Set - England
6/11 - Spare, Prince Harry - ⭐️⭐️
10. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in SIDE DISHES
12/12 - Do It! Speaking: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Market, Monetize, and Maximize Your Expertise, David Newman - ⭐️⭐️
11. 🦃 Set - Paris
1/12 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940–1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
12. 🦃 Char - James or Thomas
6/11 - Finding Me, Viola Davis - ⭐️⭐️
"I told James, Bobby, and Frank the story." p.45
13. 🦃 Cover - green
12/11 - , David E. Metzler - ⭐️⭐️
14. 🦃 Pages - 2 & 0
3/11 - Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life, Jan Black - ⭐️⭐️
240 pages
15. 🦃 Char - LN is Campbell
10/11 - Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, Janet Reitman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the ascension of John W. Campbell" p.29
16. 🦃 Set - 1920-1933
25/11 - Overtaken by the Night: One Russian's Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror, Richard G. Robbins - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
1865-1938
17. 🦃 Plot - char roasts something
11/11 - Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter, Joseph Westfall - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"roasted and ate the flesh of their prisoners of war" p.38
18. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
12/11 - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life, Steve Martin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
19. 🦃 Author - initials in CREAMED
5/11 - Haunted States: An American Gothic Guidebook, Miranda Corcoran - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
20. 🦃 Char - Native American
9/11 - Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People, Tim Reiterman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the Native American activist received what was probably the largest Temple donation—$19,500" p.379
21. 🦃 Set - Europe
7/11 - The Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie Jaku - ⭐️⭐️
Germany
22. 🦃 Author - initials in CORNBREAD
2/11 - Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being, Deepak Chopra - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
23. 🦃 Cover - fruit
22/11 - , Janet Maccaro - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
24. 🦃 Location - first letter in ROLLS
4/11 - Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It, Burton L. Visotzky - ⭐️⭐️
Rome
25. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in BUTTERNUT.
9/12 - Beneath the Underdog, Charles Mingus - ⭐️
26. 🦃 Cover - orange
10/11 - , Violet Jessop - ⭐️⭐️
27. 🦃 Plot - char listens to jazz
3/11 - A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places, Christopher Brown - ⭐️⭐️
"one of my favorite jazz trios was playing" p.128
28. 🦃 Set - South USA
23/11 - Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights, Steven Levingston - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Such abuse plunged black Southerners into a malaise of apathy."p.63
29. 🦃 Author - initials in CANDIED YAMS
2/11 - 7 Divine Laws to Awaken Your Best Self, Swami Mukundananda - ⭐️⭐️
30. 🦃 Cover - pie
5/12 - , Ross Douthat - ⭐️⭐️
31. 🦃 Author - initials in PECAN
3/11 - Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East, Amanda H. Podany - ⭐️⭐️
32. 🦃 Author - initials in SYMBOL
3/11 - Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 10, Ben McFarlane - ⭐️
33. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in CRANBERRY PIE
12/12 - Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind the Global Beauty Empire, Stacy A. Cordery - ⭐️⭐️
34. 🦃 Set - USA
3/11 - Anxiously Ever After: An Honest Memoir on Mental Illness, Strained Relationships, and Embracing the Struggle, Clint Edwards - ⭐️⭐️
Utah
35. 🦃 Set - 1600-1783
22/11 - Hamlet, William Shakespeare - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
36. 🦃 Cover - vegetables
1/12 - , Jo Robinson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. 🦃 Author - initials in SWEET POTATO
8/11 - From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492 - 1969, Eric Williams - ⭐️⭐️

[Genevieve]

Welcome Richard

[Michele]

As we start November in America we tend to be thinking of Thanksgiving. So I thought we would look at some of the foods that get eaten them.

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
44/41
Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

✅✅1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
Death on the Lusitania by R.L. Graham Read 12/15/24. Had two-Hamilton and Franklin
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig Read 2/3/25 Benjamin-a guy from Atlanta


✅✅✅✅2. Stuffing

🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING
One Charmed Christmas by Sheila Roberts Read 11/19/24 S and R
Joy: A Novel by Danielle Steel. Read 12/30/24
The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George Read 1/14/25 Monsieur Mussigmann cooks from Elsa's cookbook
The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay. Read 2/8/25
Madeline, Janet, Claire and Chris all make recipes from the cook books in the Printed Letter Bookshop.

✅✅✅✅✅3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis Read 11/2/24 Rich man Owen Purcell
Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea. Read 12/22/24 Rich characters: Natalie Radcliff, Garth Montgomery
New Beginnings in the Little Irish Village by Michelle Vernal Read 1/5/25 Lachan Leslie's family
Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger. Read 1/8/25 rich man Duane MacDermidSame Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan. Read 2/5/24 Letter A and M

✅4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien. Read 12/26/24.
Ann opens numerous cans from the grocery store because she doesn't have a lot of choices of food to eat.

✅✅5. Mashed Potatoes
This holiday staple may have roots in 17th century English cooking. As families get ready to set their holiday tables, one of the quintessential side dishes is mashed potatoes. A perfect complement to any main course and a creamy indulgence.
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter by Barbara Leaming Read 11/9/24. Set in England
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan Read 1/24/25. Set in England during WW II

✅6. Macaroni & Cheese
Records show this popular Thanksgiving side dish can be traced back to James Hemings, an enslaved African, who prepared mac and cheese for Thomas Jefferson after Jefferson encountered it in Paris in the 1780 and fell in love with it.
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
James Campbell
Cold Kill: The True Story of a Murderous Love byJack Olsen. Read 11/16/24

✅✅✅7. Green Bean Casserole
Green Bean Casserole is a must for most Thanksgiving dinners in the U.S. The recipe was created in 1955 by Dorcas Reilly at the Campbell Soup Company. As of 2020, Campbell's estimated it was served in 20 million Thanksgiving dinners in the US each year and that 40% of the company's cream of mushroom soup sales go into a version of this dish.
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Read 11/12/24. Pages 432
Evil Twins: Chilling True Stories of Twins, Killing and Insanity by John Glatt. 1/26/25. pages 288
The Woman Inside by E.G. Scott. Read 2/3/25
Rebecca and Paul Campbell


✅8. Sweet Potato Casserole
A Thanksgiving favorite, sweet potato casserole is made by baking sweet potatoes with marshmallows and brown sugar. The recipe for this popular dish became popular during the Prohibition Era, when Angelus Marshmallows created a cookbook that included it in 1917.
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
When We Meet Again by Kristin Harmel Readd 11/13/24
The romance between Margaret and Peter.

✅9. Brussels sprouts
Though not every ones favorite this is a side dish that can be done many ways. Just plain, roasted or add something tasty to them like bacon, chestnuts or cranberries. Try adding balsamic, maple, garlic or parmesan for a tasty dish.
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff. Read 1/17/25 Page 129 Have some BACON before it's all gone.

✅✅✅10. Creamed Corn
Of course you can just open a can for this popular dish but it won't be as good as homemade. True creamed corn is nothing more than corn kernels lightly cooked in butter, stirred with cream and then heated gently. Some recipes call for cayenne pepper to spice it up a little.
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Santa's Little Yelpers by David Rosenfelt. Read 12/13/24. D and R
The Hope Chest by Viola Shipman. Read 12/20/24
Rose, Don and Jerri bake a blue berry cobbler and use butter.
Coffee Break with God by David C. Cook Read 12/26/24 author name D andC
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh. Read 1/16/25 letters C and M

✅11. Cornbread
Cornbread itself is a European take on a traditional Native American food. Corn was new and unusual to the early European immigrants, who were used to wheat. This cultural difference made it difficult for the colonists to follow recipes that used corn meal to make cake and bread. Cornmeal is cooked differently than wheat, which led to variations of what we know today as cornbread.
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch Read 12/8/24. set in Italy

✅✅✅12 Rolls/ biscuits
Hot crispy rolls or butter slathered biscuits are a must for Thanksgiving. Whether you choose a fruit-and-nut-studded loaf, fluffy biscuits, or an easy-to-make, no-yeast option, you'll find that everyone has space on their plate when the breadbasket is passed around.
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. London
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. Read 1/27/25
page 338. Howard passes him the plate of BISCUITS.
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. Read 1/27/25. Location-River Heights

✅13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).
Falling Stars by Fern Michaels Read 12/15/24. Zach puts a little sugar in his homemade hot chocolate to make it a little sweeter


✅✅14 Carrots
Simple but tasty as a side for Thanksgiving. You can jazz them up by glazing them with a brown sugar butter or a honey garlic butter. Also good is roasted with honey maple.
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
Dreams of Falling by Karen White. Read 12/5/24. Larkin page 24
Read 1/1/25

✅✅✅15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
The One You're With by Lauren K. Denton. Read 11/26/24 Set in Alabama
The Time Between by Karen White Read 1/21/25
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh. Read 1/30/25 Louisiana

✅16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark read 12/20/24 A and C

✅✅✅✅✅17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy Read 12/1/24
Discovering the Cure for the Common Life (Excerpt): Living in Your Sweet Spot by Max Lucado Read 1/11/25 Letters M and L
The Secret of Everything by Barbara O'Neal Read 1/19/25 Letters by O and B
Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman. Read 1/29/25. M and B

✅18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey Read 12/11/24. page 85-We eat dessert, apple pie, that Holly baked.

✅✅✅19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Read 11/3/24. set in Texas
The Address by Fiona Davis Read 1/10/25 set in New York City
The Do-Over by Lynn Painter. Read 2/4/25. Grandma serves Emilie soup when she is upset

✅20, Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet potato pie first appeared in the southern United States from the early colonial days. Recipes for sweet potato pie first appeared in printed cookbooks in the 18th century, where it was included with savory vegetable dishes. By the 19th century, sweet potato pie was more commonly classified as a dessert.
Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.On the Ledge: A Memoir by Amy Turner Read 1/7/25

[Genevieve]

Welcome Michele

[Kim]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
25
Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or
with a character who is described as wild or
Joy. Danielle Steel. 11.3.24 (Isabel)

with a turkey on the cover.

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or
where a family sits down to a feast (rehearsal dinner)
The Land of Mango Sunsets. Dorothea Benton Frank. 11.11.24
Lakeshore Christmas. Susan Wiggs. 12.3.24
or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or
that genre is tagged as holiday or
The Mistletoe Inn. Richard Paul Evans. 11.22.24

where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
Dear Evan Hansen. Val Emmich. 11.13.24

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris
The Keeper of Happy Endings. Barbara Davis. 11.2.24
or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0
Digging up Secrets. Elizabeth Penney. 11.7.24 - (302)
Tooth and Claw. Craig Johnson. 12.5.24 (208)
or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a
book that you think is sweet
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. John Grisham. 11.16.24
The Matchmaker's Gift. Lynda Cohen Loigman. 12.5.24

or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
The Rooster Bar. John Grisham. 11.3.24
The Bright Unknown. Elizabeth Byler Younts. 12.3.24

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter
Summers at the Saint. Mary Kay Andrews. 11.8.24
or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or
set in Europe or
where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America. Amanda Jones. 11.6.24 - (Livingston Parish, LA)
Murder in Waiting. Lynn Cahoon. 12.4.24 - (South Cove)

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Eramus served her…clear soup seasoned with herbs…36%)
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. Jessica Day George. 11.17.24
or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or
where a character listens to jazz music
The Chef. James Patterson. 11.15.24
or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. (TN)
Sparring Partners. John Grisham. 11.2.24
The Last Christmas Ride: A Novella. Edie Hand. 12.10.24 - (Alabama/Tennessee)

or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or
where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
The Last Word. Ellery Adams. 11.9.24

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or
where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret. Benjamin Stevenson. 11.16.24

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
where a character follows tradition
Noel Street. Richard Paul Evans. 11.20.24
or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. Kathleen Rooney. 11.5.24
The Judge's List. John Grisham. 12.8.24

or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or
where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO
Miracle in a Dry Season. Sarah Loudin Thomas. 11.23.24

[Anne]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

COMPLETED 43

Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin
with a character who is described as wild
with a turkey on the cover.
The Thanksgiving Day Murder by Lee Harris 12/18/2024


2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing
where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook
Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byrum 12/26/2024 Ricki reads cookbooks
where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
Collusion by Newt Gingrich 12/12/2024
Murder in Black Tie by Sara Rosett 1/14/2025
Ways to Hide in Winter by Sarah St. Vincent 1/30/2025

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich
You Can't Stay Here Forever by Katherine Lin 12/17/2024
Fauna is rich
Opulence and Ashes by Kate Belli 1/3/2025
Daniel and Genevieve are both rich.
where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation)
where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz 1/7/2025
Death by Café Mocha by Alex Erickson 1/17/2025

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover
by Sonali Dev 11/6/2024
where a character opens a can of something
that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England
Close to Home by Cara Hunter 11/5/2024
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 1/17/2025
Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford 2/5/2025
that genre is tagged as holiday
The Christmas Surprise by Jenny Colgan 12/29/2024
A Cross-Country Christmas by Courtney Walsh 12/31/2024
where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris
Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay 11/13/2024
where a character eats mac and cheese
with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover
where the page count has a 2 and 0
Dutch Me Deadly by Maddy Hunter 1/22/2024 280 pages
where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows
a book that you think is sweet
The Rocky Road to Ruin by Meri Allen 12/11/2024
that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
Gallows Court 12/7/2024

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something
Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert 2/2/2025
Kathleen roasts boar for a 1920s themed dinner
where a character eats bacon (Give part sentence & page/loc #)
where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney 11/20/2024

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter
a book you think is spicy
where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

[Anne]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025 Pt 2

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character
The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams 12/26/2024 "Cherokee Danny"
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley 2/1/2025
set in Europe
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman 12/20/2024
The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton 1/21/2025
where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
Wreckage by Emily Beeker 11/9/2024
The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley 1/3/2025
Sandwich by Catherine Newman 1/13/2024
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain 2/8/2025

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover
with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Poison Lilies by Katie Tallo 1/26/2025 Ottowa, Canada
An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo 1/27/2025 Ohio

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
puts sugar in something
Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay 11/29/2024
where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover
where a character listens to jazz music
where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA.
The Dress Shop on King Street by Ashley Clark 11/13/2024
Ride South Until the Sawgrass by James Chapin 2/11/2025
read a book by a favorite author
where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover
where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what)
where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
The House Hunt by C M Ewam 11/23/2024
Trust No One by Paul Cleave 1/10/2025

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall
where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what)
On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster 11/28/2024
Lee adds cinnamon and sugar to toast she'll eat soaked in milk.
where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas 12/31/2024

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas 11/18/2024
Maccabee had a game pie cooling in the pantry. Pg 167
where a character follows tradition
where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA
Need to Know by Karen Cleveland 11/30/2024
that is 14th in a series
The Hidden One by Linda Castillo 11/26/2024
where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783)
with vegetables on the cover
where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
Yours Cheerfully by A J Pearce 12/9/2024
The Resort by Sara Ochs 1/8/2025

[Olivermagnus]

Thanksgiving Foods
November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

61 of 41+ Complete

Level 3: 41 or more

Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

1. Turkey

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
🔹️Everfair - Nisi Shawl - 11/11/24 - NS
🔹️B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton - 3.5 Stars - 1/2/25 - SG
🔹️The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths - 4 Stars - 1/10/25 - EG
🔹️Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76 - Dan Epstein - 4.5 Stars - 1/15/25 - DE

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
🔹️The Falconer - Elizabeth May - 11/12/24 - EM
🔹️The Vanishing Throne - Elizabeth May - 11/13/24 - EM
🔹️The Muse of Maiden Lane - Mimi Matthews - 4.5 Stars - 1/7/25 - MM
🔹️Funny Story - Emily Henry - 4.5 Stars - 1/12/25 - EH
🔹️The Matrimonial Advertisement - Mimi Matthews - 3.5 Stars - 1/19/25 - MM
🔹️The Midnight Library - Matt Haig - 3 Stars - 1/21/25 - MH

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover
🔹️The Women - Kristin Hannah - 12/4/24


Read a book that is 17th or 19th in a series.
🔹️Downfall - J.A. Jance - 12/24/25 - #17 Joanna Brady
🔹️Close Her Eyes - Lisa Regan - 4 Stars - 2/13/25 - #17 Josie Quinn
🔹️Fire Strike - Mike Maden - 4.5 Stars - 2/21/25 - #17 Oregon Files
🔹️Rage - Linda Castillo - 4 Stars - 9/28/25 - #17 Kate Burkholder

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England
🔹️The Evening and the Morning - Ken Follett - 5 Stars - 1/14/25
🔹️Queen of the North - Anne O'Brien - 4 Stars - 3/5/25
🔹️Blue Murder - Emma Jameson - 3.5 Stars - 3/17/25
🔹️Three Sisters, Three Queens - Philippa Gregory - 4 Stars - 4/8/25
🔹️A Red Herring Without Mustard - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 4/9/25
🔹️The Royal Game - Anne O'Brien - 3 Stars - 4/16/25
🔹️Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife - Alison Weir - 5 Stars - 5/6/25
🔹️A Jewel in the Crown - David Lewis - 5 Stars - 5/17/25
🔹️In Bitter Chill - Sarah Ward - 4 Stars - 5/18/25
🔹️The Mangle Street Murders - M.R.C. Kasasian - 3.5 Stars - 5/19/25
🔹️Something Blue - Emma Jameson - 3 Stars - 5/21/25
🔹️Dominion - C.J. Sansom - 4 Stars - 5/22/25
🔹️Revelation - C.J. Sansom - 5 Stars - 6/18/25
🔹️The Queen's Man - Sharon Kay Penman - 4 Stars - 7/9/25
🔹️The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza - 4 Stars - 7/12/25
🔹️The Last Remains - Elly Griffiths - 5 Stars - 7/16/25
🔹️The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - 4.5 Stars - 7/20/25
🔹️Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 7/23/25
🔹️Meadowland - John Lewis-Stempel - 4.5 Stars - 7/26/25
🔹️A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy - 3.5 Stars - 8/6/25
🔹️The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie - 4 Stars - 8/17/25
🔹️The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag - Alan Bradley - 5 Stars - 9/9/25
🔹️The Taming of the Queen - Philippa Gregory - 4 Stars - 9/23/25
🔹️The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths - 4 Stars - 10/2/25
🔹️How to Be a Wallflower - Eloisa James - 3.5 Stars - 10/17/25

6. Macaroni & Cheese

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover
🔹️A Is for Alibi - Sue Grafton - 12/26/24


8. Sweet Potato Casserole

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
🔹️The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer - 3.5 Stars - 3/13/25 - TES

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
🔹️Nefertiti's Heart - A.W. Exley - 11/2/24 - AE

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or
🔹️Dead in the Water - Dana Stabenow - 12/27/25

🦃Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
🔹️Beauty and the Clockwork Beast - Nancy Campbell Allen - 11/9/24 - NCA
🔹️Kiss of the Spindle - Nancy Campbell Allen - 11/10/24 - NCA
🔹️The Lady in the Coppergate Tower - Nancy Campbell Allen - 11/11/24 - NCA
🔹️Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts - Nancy Campbell Allen - 11/11/24 - NCA

12 Rolls/ biscuits

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).
🔹️The Eden Test - Adam Sternbergh - 12/1/24 - TET

14 Carrots

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
🔹️Lady of Devices - Shelley Adina - 11/17/24 - SA
🔹️Her Own Devices - Shelley Adina - 11/18/24 - SA
🔹️Magnificent Devices - Shelley Adina - 11/20/24 - SA
🔹️Brilliant Devices - Shelley Adina - 11/21/24 - SA
🔹️A Lady of Resources - Shelley Adina - 11/22/24 - SA

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
🔹️The Measure - Nikki Erlick - 4 Stars - 3/14/25 -NE

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
🔹️Double Back - Shannon Baker - 12/10/24 - SB
🔹️Forgiving - LaVyrle Spencer - 12/15/24 - LS

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
🔹️Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt - 4 Stars - 4/5/25 - RBC

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book that is 14th in a series or
🔹️Murder on Fifth Avenue - Victoria Thompson - 4 Stars - 6/16/25 - #14 Gaslight Mystery

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
🔹️Fruit of All Evil - Paige Shelton - 12/8/24 - PS
🔹️Street of the Five Moons - Elizabeth Peters - 12/25/24 - EP

[Helen]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
++++++Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

23 out of 21-40

++1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
The Night Awakens: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology Mary Higgins Clark 11-26-24 (p. 88 Alexander)
Saturday Ian McEwan 11-30-24 (p. 134 Bertha is like a wild animal.)

++2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
Scags at 7 Deborah Emin 11-22-24 (DE initials in DrEssing)

++3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
The Daily Show Presidential Twitter Library Trevor Noah 11-6-24 (Lots of the politicians are rich)
I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything. Orli Auslander 11-19-24(Author initials O & A in HOMEMADE)
1222 Anne Holt 11-27-24 (p. 125 family sits down to holiday feast)

++4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
Chill Factor Sandra Brown 11-5-24 (Lilly opens can of soup for them.)
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus Laura Kipnis 11-26-24 (red cover)


++5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
The Very Fairy Princess: A Spooky, Sparkly Halloween Julie Andrews Edwards 11-6-24 (holiday--Halloween)
Death in Ecstasy Ngaio Marsh 11-22-24 (DIE in sIDE dishes)

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

++7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America John McWhorter 11-5-24 (320 pages has 2 & 0)

++8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
The Very Fairy Princess Sparkles in the Snow Julie Andrews Edwards 11-6-24 (sweet book)
If I Stay Gayle Forman 11-19-24 (They have a family campfire & roast marshmallows & Teddy eats a lot.)
The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi Elin Anna Labba 11-30-24 (Takes place from 1919 through the 1930's)


9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

++10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America Charles Murray 11-3-24 (CM is in CREAMED)

++11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
++The Rough-Face Girl Rafe Martin 11-6-24 (Native American story--Algonquin)
++Slay Ride Dick Francis 11-17-24 (set in Norway, in Europe)

++12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
The Very Fairy Princess: Attitude of Gratitude Julie Andrews Edwards 11-6-24 (banana & grapes in the picture)
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor Jay Williams 11-14-24 (p. 56, "chocolate bars, raisins, hard biscuits")

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

++15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
The Client John Grisham 11-3-24 (favorite author)

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.

++17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It Yascha Mounk 11-3-24 (YM is in SYMBOL)

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

++19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
Don't Let Go Harlan Coben 11-22-24 (set in New Jersey, USA)
Visions of Sugar Plums Janet Evanovich 11-30-24 (comfort food--pot roast was served)

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.

[Genevieve]

Welcome Kim, Anne, Olivermagnus and Helen

[Tammie]

Level 3: 41 or more | Read - 41

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Benjamin
The Ideal Man, Julie Garwood | 11/9
The Jane Austen Society, Natalie Jenner | 12/11
or with a character who is described as wild
Munro, Kresley Cole | 12/18 or
with a turkey on the cover.
Silent Night, Deadly Night, Vicki Delany | 12/15
🦃 Read a book with a character who is described as wild - Devon
The Surprise Wedding, Jean Oram | 11/2

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
Undone, Rebecca Shea | 11/22
The Mirror, Nora Roberts | 12/2

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast
Scrooge and the Girls Next Door, Melanie Jacobson | 12/7
or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich
The Promise, Jean Oram | 11/2

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England
Guardian Angel, Julie Garwood | 12/12
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor, Eddie Jaku | 12/30
or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
Echoes in Death, J.D. Robb | 12/1

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
The French Kiss, James Patterson | 11/15
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin | 12/14

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover
Seatmate, Cara Bastone | 11/13
or where the page count has a 2 and 0 - 240p
Magic Claims, Ilona Andrews | 11/26
or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet
Seaside Secrets, Cindy Bell | 11/5
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Judy Blume | 12/14
Meant to Be, Emily Giffin | 12/29
or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon - p59
Then that's what we will have, spekpannenkoeken with stroop--fat bacon pancakes with syrup.
The Final Touch, Betty Neels | 11/7
where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter - Patrick
Winter Street, Elin Hilderbrand | 11/25
or a book you think is spicy
In Plain Sight, Marie Harte | 12/3
or where the authors initials can be foundin CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
Ready or Not, Cara Bastone | 11/4
Anchor, Nicole Blanchard | 12/16
Search for Love, Nora Roberts | 12/27

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text - p51
As I was cramming a buttermilk biscuit, the man with the triangle haircut stopped by.
Finding Me, Michelle Knight | 12/12
or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup
- p38 ...she ate her lunch with pleasure: lobster soup, cod cooked in a delicious sauce...
Heaven Around The Corner, Betty Neels | 11/22
- p117 "All I want is some pea soup an' a good bed."
The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane | 12/10
or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title
word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson | 12/22

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey - Rory by Summer
In the Unlikely Event, L.J. Shen | 11/17
a character gets called honey - Tom by his mom
Emergency Contact, Lauren Layne | 12/4

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA - Georgia
The Downstairs Girl, Stacey Lee | 11/14
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something - waffles
Lola and the Boy Next Door, Stephanie Perkins | 12/25
or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
Camden, Sawyer Bennett | 11/24

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie
-p49 They lunched amiably on egg-and-bacon pie...
Cocaine Blues, Kerry Greenwood | 12/8
or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
Cold as Ice, Sarah Mlynowski | 12/23

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion | 12/20
Jingle Bell Beard, Julie Kriss | 1/2
or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
The Chosen One: A Novel, Carol Lynch Williams | 11/19
A Summer to Die, Lois Lowry | 12/5

20. Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
25 Reasons to Hate Christmas and Cowboys, Elle Thorpe | 12/13

[Susan]

Thanksgiving Foods
November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

50/41

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or
Thrown to the Lyon - Jude Knight (Dragonblade - Oct 2024) (Benjamin) - Nov 3
🦃 with a character who is described as wild or
Lyon's Lover - Maggie Sims (Dragonblade - Dec 2024) - Dec 17
🦃 with a turkey on the cover.

3

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or
One Day in Apple Grove - C.H. Admirand (SourcebooksCasablanca - June 2013) - Feb 7
🦃 where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or
The Party Line - Carolyn Brown (Montlake - Nov 2024) - Nov 5
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in DRESSING.
The Lyon and the Unicorn - Emily Royal (Dragonblade - June 2025) - Aug 4



3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or
Cinderella's Billion-Dollar Invitation - Michele Renae (HR #4888 - Feb 2024) - Nov 19
🦃 where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or
Snowbound Christmas with the Italian Doc - Annie O'Neil (HMED #1353 - Nov 2023) - Nov 16
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
The Imperfect Lyon - Aviva Orr (Dragonblade - Jan 2025) - Jan 7



4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or
Montana Heat - Josie Jade (Calamitte Jane Pub - Nov 2024) - Nov 9
🦃 where a character opens a can of something or
Love Letters from Her Cowboy - Sasha Summers (HSE #3075 - Jan 2025) - Jan 5
🦃 that is 17th or 19th in a series.
Big Sky Bachelor - Joanna Sims (HSE #3077 - Feb 2025) (#19 Brands of Montana) - Jan 16



5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or
Rescuing the Lady of Sedgeworth - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Nov 2024) - Nov 6
🦃 that genre is tagged as holiday or
Regency Christmas Weddings - Christine Merrill, Liz Tyner, Elizabeth Beacon (HH #1829 - Dec 2024) - Dec 3
🦃 where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three-word minimum).

3

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or
Marriage Bargain with the Comte - Parker J. Cole (HH #1858 - May 2025) - May 24
🦃 where a character eats mac and cheese or
A Firefighter's Hidden Truth - Tara Taylor Quinn (HRS #2245 - Sept 2023) - Nov 8
🦃 with a character called James or Thomas.
Reunited with Her Off-Limits Surgeon - Amy Ruttan (HMED #1354 - Nov 2023) (James) - Dec 7



7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or
The Duke’s Man-At-Arms - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Dec 2024) - Jan 2
🦃 where the page count has a 2 and 0 or
Fortune's Holiday Surprise - Jennifer Wilck (HQN - Dec 2024) (220 pgs) - Dec 5
🦃 where a character or author's last name is Campbell.
Cold Case Murder Mystery - Nicole Helm (HI #2272 - Mar 2025) - Mar 1



8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or
Family of Three Under the Tree - Traci Douglass (HMED#1432 - Dec 2024) - Nov 25
🦃 a book that you think is sweet or
A Father's Redemption - Sabrina York (HSE #3041 - Apr 2024) - Dec 13
🦃 that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

1

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or
Murder at the Alaskan Lodge - Karen Whiddon (HRS #2280 -June 2024) - Jan 8
🦃 where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
Snowbound with a Baby - Melissa Senate (HSE #3009 - Oct 2023) (cheese omelets and a side of bacon/pg 76) - Dec 11
🦃 where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three-word minimum)




10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or
The Summer That Shaped Us - Lori Wilde (HarperCollins - Apr 2025) - Apr 28
🦃 a book you think is spicy or
Home Alone with the Children's Doctor - Traci Douglass (HMED #1357 - Dec 2023) - Feb 10
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in CREAMED.
Her Mission with a SEAL - Cindy Dees (HRS #1981 - Feb 2018) - Jan 28

2

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or
Taming a Heartbreaker - Brenda Jackson (HSE #3047 - June 2024) - Mar 21
🦃 set in Europe or
A Tempest of Desire - Lorraine Heath (Avon - Dec 2024) - Dec 29
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
The Lyon's Alliance - Ruth A. Casie (Dragonblade - Nov 2024) - Nov 14



12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or
🦃 with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
A Lyon in Waiting - Abigail Bridges (Dragonblade - Dec 2024) (platter of biscuits - loc 1189) - Dec 6
🦃 where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Second-Chance Bodyguard - Patricia Sargeant (HRS #2306 - Dec 2024) (Ohio) - Nov 21

1

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
Golden Lord - Mary Jo Putney (Kensington - Nov 2024) (delicious potato-leek soup - loc 1770) - Nov 17
🦃 puts sugar in something or
A Colby Christmas Rescue - Debra Webb (HI #2254 - Dec 2024) - Nov 28
🦃 where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT(3-word minimum).

3

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or
Till the End of Time - Elise Title (HAR #377 - Feb 1991) - Feb 25
🦃 where a character listens to jazz music or
Best Friend to Husband? - Louisa Heaton (HMED #1447 - Mar 2025) - Feb 21
🦃 where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
Wyoming Undercover Escape - Juno Rushdan (HI #2255 - Dec 2024) (hero to heroine) - Nov 20



15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA or
Safe in Her Bodyguard's Arms - Katherine Garbera (HRS #2281 - June 2024) (Florida) - Jan 10
🦃 read a book by a favorite author or
K-9 Defender - Julie Miller (HI #2245 - Sept 2024) - Nov 15
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
Twin Jeopardy - Cindi Myers (HI #2262 - Jan 2025) - Dec 18



16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or
🦃 where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or
Better Than Friends - Jill Shalvis (HarperCollins - Jan 2025) (ice cream) - Jan 23
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in PECAN.

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17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or
Special Forces K-9 - Julie Miller (HI #2268 - Feb 2025) - Mar 11
🦃 where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or
River Wild - BJ Daniels (HQN - Jan 2025) (apple turnovers) - Jan 6
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in SYMBOL.
The Major and the Scandalous Widow - Sarah Mallory (HH #1651- Oct 2023) - Jan 12



18. Cranberry Pie
Yes pumpkin pie is traditional but for us who love cranberries this is the pie for us. Different types of crust can be used: a traditional pie crust, a gingersnap crust or a graham cracker crust. The filling can be cranberries plain or mixed with apples or nuts. Some have cream and gelatin others just lemon juice.
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
Hero's Heart - Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Feb 2025) (dug into the pie that had been delivered - pg 225) - Feb 3
🦃 where a character follows tradition or
The Maui Effect - Sara Ackerman (Mira - Nov 2024) - Nov 13
🦃 where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three-word minimum).

3

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or
Covert Avenger - Rachel Lee (HI #2241 - Oct 2024) - Nov 28
🦃 that is 14th in a series or
Hostage Security) - Lisa Childs (HRS #2316 - Mar 2025) - Feb 23
🦃 where a character serves comfort food.
Their Accidental Honeymoon - Mona Shroff (HSE #3029 - Jan 2024) - Jan 27



20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or
🦃 with vegetables on the cover or
If You Can't Stand the Heat... - Mona Shroff (HSE #3096 - June 2025) - July 7
🦃 where the author's initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
Hawaiian Medic to Rescue His Heart - Annie O'Neil (HMED #1199 - Sept 2021) - Mar 5

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[Genevieve]

Welcome Tammie and Susan

[Tari]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
36/21-40

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
Benjamin The Witch Is Back Angela M. Sanders 12/6/24

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
A Corpse Among the Carolers Debra Sennefelder 11/12/24
Cooks from a cookbook Murder by Cinnamon Roll Avery Kent 2/23/25

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
Family feast Cranberries and Criminals Lucinda Race 11/6/24
Rich character (Harold) Sleigh That Song Donna Clancy 11/26/24
Initials Killing Me Soufflé Ellie Alexander 2/24/25

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
Red cover Patti Benning 11/5/24
Opens a can of dog food The Blackmailer's Murder Daisy Belle 3/20/25

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
Murder in the Margins Rosie Sams 11/2/24

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
James Bakewell, MC's father Murder at the Lemonberry Tea Darci Hannah 12/3/24
Izzy ate mac 'n cheese Shelfie Sabotage S.E.Babin 1/6/25

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
205 Bones in the Backyard M R Dollschnieder 11/10/24
Green cover Carlene O'Connor Peggy Ehrhart
Liz Ireland 12/24/24

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
I'll Be Home for Mischief Jacqueline Frost 11/11/24

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
Autumn, Awnings & Arson Tonya Kappes 12/18/24

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Initials The Psychic Parrot Mystery Amy Muir 11/15/24
Cooks in butter Cookies and Crime Kathleen Suzette 3/19/25

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
Initials A Holiday Homicide Ellie Alexander 11/27/24
Set in Europe The Empire Biscuit Bites Back L.E. Gordon 2/15/25
Native Am. Ivy Youngblood The Library Game Gigi Pandian 3/18/25

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Oklahoma Fully Vetted Summer Prescott 11/4/24
Biscuit p 93 “I took a bite, the flaky, buttery biscuit…” Snowcaps, Skiing & Sabotage Tonya Kappes 1/11/25
Fruit on cover Kathleen Suzette 3/31/25

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
Carly called honey You Feta Watch Out Linda Reilly 11/21/24
Listens to jazz The Next Deadly Chapter V.M. Burns 2/23/25

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
A fave author Walled Off Patti Benning 11/13/24
Initials Murder in the Doghouse Sharon Michaels 2/24/25
South USA, Georgia One Sharp Stitch Allie Pleiter 3/28/25

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
Initials EP Madrigals and Mayhem Elizabeth Penney 11/30/24
Pie Lori Cleary 4/16/25
Syrup on pancakes The Chicken Burger Murder Rosie A. Point 4/19/25

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
Initials Bookarazzi Blackmail S.E.Babin 12/12/24
Cinnamon added to dough for cinnamon rolls Steamed Secrets Tonya Kappes 2/28/25

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
Nutcracker Nemesis Summer Prescott 11/22/24

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
Charmed Cookies Cindy Stark 11/14/24

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
Lured by Murder Summer Prescott 1/12/25

[Kelsey]

Finished!!

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

Tasks completed: 41/41

1. Turkey
Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin
The List of Seven by: Mark Frost - 6/2/25 character named Alexander Sparks
Read a book with a character who is described as wild
Hot Six by: Janet Evanovich - 8/16/25 Grandma could be described as wild
Read a book with a turkey on the cover.

2. Stuffing
Read a book where a character eats stuffing
Read a book where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
One Dark Window by: Rachel Gillig - 2/26/25
Two Twisted Crowns by: Rachel Gillig - 4/14/25

3. Gravy
Read a book with a character who is rich
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by: Kate Racculia - 2/4/25 Archie is very rich
The Mystery of the Blue Train by: Agatha Christie - 7/31/25 the father is a millionaire
Read a bookwhere a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation)
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by: T.J. Klune - 3/3/25 The family sits down for a breakfast feast of pancakes
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

4. Cranberry Sauce
Read a book with a red cover
Apprentice to the Villain by: Hannah Nicole Maehrer - 11/17/24
Read a book where a character opens a can of something
Read a book that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
Read a book set in England
The Third Wife by: Lisa Jewell - 11/11/24
Read a book that genre is tagged as holiday
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
Read a book set in Paris
The Mortal Word by: Genevieve Cogman - 5/24/25
Read a book where a character eats mac and cheese
Read a book with a character called James or Thomas.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by: Agatha Christie - 2/9/25 The MC's name is James

7. Green Bean Casserole
Read a book with a green cover
A Dying Fall by: Elly Griffiths - 5/6/25
Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0
Defiant by: Brandon Sanderson - 1/26/25 420 pages
Read a book where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
Read a book where a character eats marshmallows
Read a book that you think is sweet
Read a book that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
Read a book where a character roasts something
The Valley of Horses by: Jean M. Auel - 4/30/25 MCs roast lots of meat
Read a book where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
The Lost Plot by: Genevieve Cogman - 2/22/25

10. Creamed Corn
Read a book where a character cooks in butter
The Shadow of the Gods by: John Gwynne - 4/10/25 "...the cod Elvar was eating frying in oats and butter." pg. 290
Read a book you think is spicy
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
Read a book with a Native American character
Read a book set in Europe
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
The Thursday Murder Club by: Richard Osman - 1/14/25
Dark Witch by: Nora Roberts - 3/30/25

12 Rolls/ biscuits
Read a book with a fruit on the cover
Peach Cobbler Murder by: Joanne Fluke - 2/13/25
Read a book with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Babel by: R.F. Kuang - 1/7/25 "...all kinds of sweet cakes, biscuits, and tarts;" pg. 239
The Man Who Died Twice by: Richard Osman - 4/19/25 "...the tray of coffee and biscuits..." pg. 151
Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

13 Butternut squash
Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
The Bullet That Missed by: Richard Osman - 8/9/25 "... asks Ron, trying to eat his soup..."
The Mammoth Hunters by: Jean M. Auel - 8/29/25 "...Ayla had a large basket pot of soup,..."
Read a book where a character puts sugar in something
The Cottingley Secret by: Hazel Gaynor - 3/23/25 The characters put sugar in their coffee
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
Read a book with an orange cover
The Outcast Dead by: Elly Griffiths - 9/4/25
Read a book where a character listens to jazz music
In the Lives of Puppets by: T.J. Klune - 6/20/25 The characters listen to Miles Davis
Read a book where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
High Five by: Janet Evanovich - 11/21/24 Stephanie is call honey

15. Candied Yams
Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...
Read a book by a favorite author
The Hunger of the Gods by: John Gwynne - 9/16/25
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
Read a book with a pie on the cover
Key Lime Pie Murder by: Joanne Fluke - 10/8/25
Read a book where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what)
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
The Big Four by: Agatha Christie - 4/1/25
The Mystery Guest by: Nita Prose - 6/26/25

17. Pumpkin Pie.
Read a book set in fall
A Room Full of Bones by: Elly Griffiths - 11/28/24
Read a book where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what)
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
Starsight by: Brandon Sanderson - 12/10/24
Cytonic by: Brandon Sanderson - 1/21/25
The Familiar by: Leigh Bardugo - 8/5/25

18. Cranberry Pie
Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Read a book where a character follows tradition
The Priory of the Orange Tree by: Samantha Shannon - 6/12/25 The queen follows tradtion of marrying to form an alliance
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
Read a book set in the USA
Ninth House by: Leigh Bardugo - 3/12/25 Set in New Haven, Connecticut
Steelheart by: Brandon Sanderson - 3/18/25 Set in Chicago, IL
Read a book that is 14th in a series
Read a book where a character serves comfort food.
Cherry Cheesecake Murder by: Joanne Fluke - 5/12/25 The MC servers cherry cheesecake which is a character's comfort food
Hell Bent by: Leigh Bardugo - 7/3/25 A character serves avgolemono, the comfort food of another character

20. Sweet Potato Pie
Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783)
Read a book with vegetables on the cover
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
The First to Die at the End by: Adam Silvera - 10/1/25

[Moondance]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
Level 1: 10 - 20 Tasks
Read:

20/10-20

TASKS
1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a turkey on the cover.
Leslie Meier 10.31.25 3 stars

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
Hearts in Motion Edie Ramer 12.10.24 3 stars ER

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
How to Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 11.07.24 4 stars MH

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover.
02.17.25 4 stars

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book that genre is tagged as holiday
Stalking Around the Christmas Tree Jacqueline Frost 11.27.24 4 stars tagged holiday 37 times

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book with a character called Thomas.
Chilled to the Cone Ellie Alexander 12.06.24 4 stars Police Office/Detective Thomas Adams

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0
Borrowed Crime Laurie Cass 11.02.24 4 stars 330 pages

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose Susan Wittig Albert 08.25.25 3 stars Set in the early 1930s

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Whiskers and Lies Sofie Kelly 11.24.24 5 stars Kathleen p 46 Once I'd made my egg, bacon and tomato sandwich and eaten a couple of bites...

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Nothing Bundt Trouble Ellie Alexander 11.11.25 5 stars EA

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
The Little Lost Library Ellery Adams 11.29.24 5 stars EA

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover
Amanda Flower 02.01.25 4.5 stars Blueberries

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character puts sugar in something.
Cold Reign Faith Hunter 11.30.24 5 stars Jane Yellowrock p 105 Gee poured the tea.....I added sugar and cream, tasted, added a bit more of each...

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
The Rocky Road to Ruin Meri Allen 12.01.24 3.5 stars Nate Rhodes to his daughter Riley p 2 "Riley, I missed you, honey."

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author
Dark Queen Faith Hunter 12.08.25 5 stars A twofer! Set in Louisiana and Faith Hunter is an all-time favorite author


16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what)
Passions in Death J.D. Robb 12.23.24 5 stars Eve p 159 She drowned her waffles in butter and syrup.

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall
Egg Drop Dead Laura Childs 02.19.25 3.5 stars Set at Halloween

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character follows tradition.
Kappy King and the Puppy Kaper Amy Lillard 02.23.25 3 stars Kappy is a traditional Amish woman and she makes the kapps worn by the local Amish women.

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA
The Opposite of Everything David Kalish 01.06.25 3 stars Set in New York

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
Karma's A Bitch Shannon Esposito 06.06.25 3.5 stars

[Katelyn]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO

[Meghana]

Thanksgiving Foods
=========================
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
Level 3: 41 or more

0/41+

1. Turkey
* Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin
* with a character who is described as wild
* with a turkey on the cover.

2. Stuffing
* Read a book where a character eats stuffing
* where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook
* where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.

3. Gravy
* Read a book with a character who is rich
* where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation)
* where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

4. Cranberry Sauce
* Read a book with a red cover
* where a character opens a can of something
* that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
* Read a book set in England
* that genre is tagged as holiday
* where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
* Read a book set in Paris
* where a character eats mac and cheese
* with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
* Read a book with a green cover
* where the page count has a 2 and 0
* where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
* Read a book where a character eats marshmallows
* a book that you think is sweet
* that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
* Read a book where a character roasts something
* where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
* where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
* Read a book where a character cooks in butter
* a book you think is spicy
* where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
* Read a book with a Native American character
* set in Europe
* where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

12 Rolls/ biscuits
* Read a book with a fruit on the cover
* with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
* where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

13 Butternut squash
* Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
* puts sugar in something
* where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
* Read a book with an orange cover
* where a character listens to jazz music
* where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
* Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...
* read a book by a favorite author
* where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
* Read a book with a pie on the cover
* where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what)
* where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.

17. Pumpkin Pie.
* Read a book set in fall
* where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what)
* where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

18. Cranberry Pie
* Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
* where a character follows tradition
* where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
* Read a book set in the USA
* that is 14th in a series
* where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
* Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783)
* with vegetables on the cover
* where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.

[Genevieve]

Welcome Tari. Kelsey, Moondance, Katelyn and Meghana

[Kellene]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed.

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
Turkey on the cover
Vicki Delany 5/15/25

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
Cookbook
Inherit the Word Daryl Wood Gerber 3/3/25
Author's initials in dressing
Death Knells and Wedding Bells Eva Gates 11/21/24
A Dish Best Served Cold Rosie Genova 5/27/25

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
Rich character
Shades of Earl Grey Laura Childs 4/30/25 Timothy Neville
Author's initials in homemade
Fatal Fudge Swirl Meri Allen 12/31/24

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
First letter of title words in Side Dishes
Six Stunning Sirens Lynn Cahoon 4/24/25
Tagged as holiday
We Wish You a Murderous Christmas Vicki Delany 11/25/24
In Cold Chamomile Joy Avon 3/14/25
Hark the Herald Angels Slay Vicki Delany 3/25/25
Mother's Day Murder Leslie Meier 5/10/25

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
Green cover
Susan Wittig Albert 3/20/25
Page count
Scene of the Grind Tonya Kappes 1/25/25 220 p

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
Bacon
Murder by the Seaside Julie Anne Lindsey 5/6/25. p 201. He returned to the counter, dished out bacon and pancakes for two...

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Author's initials in creamed
Grilled for Murder Maddie Day 3/18/25
A Murder at the Movies Ellie Alexander 3/28/25

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
Set in Europe
Coffee, Tea, or Murder? Jessica Fletcher 1/23/25 set in England
Author's initials in cornbread
Murder on Devil's Pond Ayla Rose 11/19/24
Death at the Dinner Party Ellie Alexander 5/21/25

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Fruit on cover
Paige Shelton 4/12/25
First letter of location in rolls
Murder at the Bookstore Sue Minix 1/16/25 Riddleton, SC
Dying for Devil's Food Jenn McKinlay 4/1/25. Scottsdale, AZ
Book with "biscuit" in text
Bookclubbed to Death V.M. Burns 12/26/24 I dropped the biscuits where I knew each dog would get two. P 109

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).
Character eats soup
Twisted Threads Lea Wait 3/23/25 p 22 Dinner was more chowder, which was fine with me.
The Little Lost Library Ellery Adams 11/9/24. p 234 ...they were feasting on fresh greens with herbs, homemade chowder, and a loaf of Gus's crusty bread.

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
Jazz
Body In The Bookstore Emma Lee 3/9/25. Tori p 10
Character called honey
The Bibliomancer's Daughter Melissa Bourbon 1/29/25 Pippin p 86

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
Author's initials in candied yams
Shots in the Dark Allyson K. Abbott 2/21/25
Cruel Winter Sheila Connolly 4/5/25
Set in the South USA
Haunted Is Always in Fashion Rose Pressey 1/18/25 set in Sugar Creek, GA
Topped Chef Lucy Burdette 5/24/25 set in Key West, FL
Favorite author
A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor Darci Hannah 4/19/25

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
Author's initials in pecan
A Hex for Danger Esme Addison 2/8/25
The A.B.C. Murders Agatha Christie 3/2/25

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
Author's initials in symbol
An Appetite for Murder Lucy Burdette 4/15/25
Death in Four Courses Lucy Burdette 5/1/25
Cinnamon added to dish
Glazed Murder Jessica Beck 3/24/25 pumpkin donuts

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
Character follows tradition
Slashing Through the Snow Jacqueline Frost 11/17/24 everyone follows the Christmas traditions of Mistletoe, Maine

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
Set in the USA
Four-Alarm Homicide Diane Kelly 12/21/24 set in Nashville, TN
Much Ado About Muffin Victoria Hamilton 1/13/25 set in Autumn Vale, NY
Wonton Terror Vivien Chien 3/10/25
Comfort food
The Raven Thief Gigi Pandian 12/8/24 Tempest's grandfather serves many meals containing comfort foods throughout the book

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO
Author's initials in sweet potato
The Body in the Bookstore Ellie Alexander 2/6/25
The Accidental Medium Tracy Whitwell 4/20/25

[Genevieve]

Welcome Kellene

[Helen]

Thanksgiving Foods Finished!
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
++++++Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

23 out of 21-40

++1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
The Night Awakens: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology Mary Higgins Clark 11-26-24 (p. 88 Alexander)
Saturday Ian McEwan 11-30-24 (p. 134 Bertha is like a wild animal.)

++2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
Scags at 7 Deborah Emin 11-22-24 (DE initials in DrEssing)

++3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
The Daily Show Presidential Twitter Library Trevor Noah 11-6-24 (Lots of the politicians are rich)
I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything. Orli Auslander 11-19-24(Author initials O & A in HOMEMADE)
1222 Anne Holt 11-27-24 (p. 125 family sits down to holiday feast)

++4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
Chill Factor Sandra Brown 11-5-24 (Lilly opens can of soup for them.)
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus Laura Kipnis 11-26-24 (red cover)


++5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
The Very Fairy Princess: A Spooky, Sparkly Halloween Julie Andrews Edwards 11-6-24 (holiday--Halloween)
Death in Ecstasy Ngaio Marsh 11-22-24 (DIE in sIDE dishes)

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

++7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America John McWhorter 11-5-24 (320 pages has 2 & 0)

++8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
The Very Fairy Princess Sparkles in the Snow Julie Andrews Edwards 11-6-24 (sweet book)
If I Stay Gayle Forman 11-19-24 (They have a family campfire & roast marshmallows & Teddy eats a lot.)
The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi Elin Anna Labba 11-30-24 (Takes place from 1919 through the 1930's)


9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

++10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America Charles Murray 11-3-24 (CM is in CREAMED)

++11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
++The Rough-Face Girl Rafe Martin 11-6-24 (Native American story--Algonquin)
++Slay Ride Dick Francis 11-17-24 (set in Norway, in Europe)

++12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
The Very Fairy Princess: Attitude of Gratitude Julie Andrews Edwards 11-6-24 (banana & grapes in the picture)
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor Jay Williams 11-14-24 (p. 56, "chocolate bars, raisins, hard biscuits")

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

++15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
The Client John Grisham 11-3-24 (favorite author)

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.

++17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It Yascha Mounk 11-3-24 (YM is in SYMBOL)

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

++19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
Don't Let Go Harlan Coben 11-22-24 (set in New Jersey, USA)
Visions of Sugar Plums Janet Evanovich 11-30-24 (comfort food--pot roast was served)

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.

[CassieCruel]

I’m late!! But I’m in!!

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 1; 10 - 20 Tasks
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS

1/20

✅1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin - Glimmer of Death - 22/1

✅2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook - The Lies of Vampires and Slayers - 12/12

✅3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich - Tattered Huntress - 15/12

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

✅5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12
✅or that genre is tagged as holiday - Jingle all the Slay - 7/12
or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

✅7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0 - How to Break an Undead Heart - 27/1

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or
✅A book you think is spicy or - Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey - 5/1
where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character
✅or set in Europe - Brimstone Bound - 14/1 - London
or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
✅or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS - Crochet and Cauldrons - 19/1 - Oxford

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA - Fair Market Value - 29/12 - Savannah Georgia

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO

[Genevieve]

Way to go Helen and Welcome CassieCruel you can use books from November 1 for this challenge

[Richard]

Finished

✅ Total: 37/37

1. 🦃 Char - Benjamin
7/11 - The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend (Facts on File Library of Religion and Mythology) 2 Vol. Set, Anthony S. Mercatante - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Benjamin’s descendants became the tribe of Benjamin." p.187
2. 🦃 Char - described as wild
1/11 - The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, Richard A. Lertzman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Chapter 10: Mickey Goes Wild" p.161
3. 🦃 Cover - turkey
22/11 - , Sally Wise - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. 🦃 Plot - char reads a cookbook
25/11 - Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, Michael Moss - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Mortimer was quoted reading the long, arduous instructions in Fannie Farmer’s Cookbook for preparing a fresh fish" p.78
5. 🦃 Author - initials in DRESSING
2/11 - This is Planet Earth: Your ultimate guide to the world we call home, New Scientist - ⭐️⭐️
6. 🦃 Char - rich
2/11 - The Unusual Billionaires, Saurabh Mukherjea - ⭐️
"a company owned by Warren Buffett" p.286
7. 🦃 Author - initials in HOMEMADE
6/11 - Tim― The Official Biography of Avicii, Måns Mosesson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. 🦃 Cover - red
17/11 - , Lorraine L. Ukens - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. 🦃 Set - England
6/11 - Spare, Prince Harry - ⭐️⭐️
10. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in SIDE DISHES
12/12 - Do It! Speaking: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Market, Monetize, and Maximize Your Expertise, David Newman - ⭐️⭐️
11. 🦃 Set - Paris
1/12 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940–1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
12. 🦃 Char - James or Thomas
6/11 - Finding Me, Viola Davis - ⭐️⭐️
"I told James, Bobby, and Frank the story." p.45
13. 🦃 Cover - green
12/11 - , David E. Metzler - ⭐️⭐️
14. 🦃 Pages - 2 & 0
3/11 - Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life, Jan Black - ⭐️⭐️
240 pages
15. 🦃 Char - LN is Campbell
10/11 - Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, Janet Reitman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the ascension of John W. Campbell" p.29
16. 🦃 Set - 1920-1933
25/11 - Overtaken by the Night: One Russian's Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror, Richard G. Robbins - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
1865-1938
17. 🦃 Plot - char roasts something
11/11 - Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter, Joseph Westfall - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"roasted and ate the flesh of their prisoners of war" p.38
18. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
12/11 - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life, Steve Martin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
19. 🦃 Author - initials in CREAMED
5/11 - Haunted States: An American Gothic Guidebook, Miranda Corcoran - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
20. 🦃 Char - Native American
9/11 - Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People, Tim Reiterman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the Native American activist received what was probably the largest Temple donation—$19,500" p.379
21. 🦃 Set - Europe
7/11 - The Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie Jaku - ⭐️⭐️
Germany
22. 🦃 Author - initials in CORNBREAD
2/11 - Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being, Deepak Chopra - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
23. 🦃 Cover - fruit
22/11 - , Janet Maccaro - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
24. 🦃 Location - first letter in ROLLS
4/11 - Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It, Burton L. Visotzky - ⭐️⭐️
Rome
25. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in BUTTERNUT.
9/12 - Beneath the Underdog, Charles Mingus - ⭐️
26. 🦃 Cover - orange
10/11 - , Violet Jessop - ⭐️⭐️
27. 🦃 Plot - char listens to jazz
3/11 - A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places, Christopher Brown - ⭐️⭐️
"one of my favorite jazz trios was playing" p.128
28. 🦃 Set - South USA
23/11 - Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights, Steven Levingston - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Such abuse plunged black Southerners into a malaise of apathy."p.63
29. 🦃 Author - initials in CANDIED YAMS
2/11 - 7 Divine Laws to Awaken Your Best Self, Swami Mukundananda - ⭐️⭐️
30. 🦃 Cover - pie
5/12 - , Ross Douthat - ⭐️⭐️
31. 🦃 Author - initials in PECAN
3/11 - Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East, Amanda H. Podany - ⭐️⭐️
32. 🦃 Author - initials in SYMBOL
3/11 - Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 10, Ben McFarlane - ⭐️
33. 🦃 Title - initial of each word in CRANBERRY PIE
12/12 - Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind the Global Beauty Empire, Stacy A. Cordery - ⭐️⭐️
34. 🦃 Set - USA
3/11 - Anxiously Ever After: An Honest Memoir on Mental Illness, Strained Relationships, and Embracing the Struggle, Clint Edwards - ⭐️⭐️
Utah
35. 🦃 Set - 1600-1783
22/11 - Hamlet, William Shakespeare - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
36. 🦃 Cover - vegetables
1/12 - , Jo Robinson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. 🦃 Author - initials in SWEET POTATO
8/11 - From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492 - 1969, Eric Williams - ⭐️⭐️

[Genevieve]

Way to go Richard

[Kim]

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
25
Level 2: 21- 40 Tasks
I'm trying to clean up the spreadsheets for the new year, so I'm going to call this done. Thanks for the fun challenges!
Completed 12.14.24

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or
with a character who is described as wild or
Joy. Danielle Steel. 11.3.24 (Isabel)

with a turkey on the cover.

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or
where a family sits down to a feast (rehearsal dinner)
The Land of Mango Sunsets. Dorothea Benton Frank. 11.11.24
Lakeshore Christmas. Susan Wiggs. 12.3.24
or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or
that genre is tagged as holiday or
The Mistletoe Inn. Richard Paul Evans. 11.22.24

where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
Dear Evan Hansen. Val Emmich. 11.13.24

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris
The Keeper of Happy Endings. Barbara Davis. 11.2.24
or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0
Digging up Secrets. Elizabeth Penney. 11.7.24 - (302)
Tooth and Claw. Craig Johnson. 12.5.24 (208)
or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a
book that you think is sweet
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. John Grisham. 11.16.24
The Matchmaker's Gift. Lynda Cohen Loigman. 12.5.24

or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
The Rooster Bar. John Grisham. 11.3.24
The Bright Unknown. Elizabeth Byler Younts. 12.3.24

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter
Summers at the Saint. Mary Kay Andrews. 11.8.24
or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or
set in Europe or
where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America. Amanda Jones. 11.6.24 - (Livingston Parish, LA)
Murder in Waiting. Lynn Cahoon. 12.4.24 - (South Cove)

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Eramus served her…clear soup seasoned with herbs…36%)
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. Jessica Day George. 11.17.24
or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or
where a character listens to jazz music
The Chef. James Patterson. 11.15.24
or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. (TN)
Sparring Partners. John Grisham. 11.2.24
The Last Christmas Ride: A Novella. Edie Hand. 12.10.24 - (Alabama/Tennessee)

or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or
where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
The Last Word. Ellery Adams. 11.9.24

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or
where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret. Benjamin Stevenson. 11.16.24

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
where a character follows tradition
Noel Street. Richard Paul Evans. 11.20.24
or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. Kathleen Rooney. 11.5.24
The Judge's List. John Grisham. 12.8.24

or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or
where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO
Miracle in a Dry Season. Sarah Loudin Thomas. 11.23.24

[Genevieve]

Great work Kim

[Melissa A]

FINISHED! Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025 (11/26/24)

Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

TASKS 50/41+

☑️ 1. Turkey (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin

Worst Case Scenario T.J. Newman (Benjamin) 11/22/24

X or with a character who is described as wild

You Have Gone Too Far (County Kerry Mystery 3) Carlene O'Connor (unwed mothers and cult members) 11/12/24

X or with a turkey on the cover.

Thanksgiving Dinner Death (Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery 2) Leighann Dobbs 11/03/24

☑️ 2. Stuffing (2)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing

Trapping, Turkeys, & Thanksgiving (Pelican Cove) Tonya Kappes (p. 80) 11/09/24

or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook

X or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.

The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 11/12/24

☑️ 3. Gravy (4)
X 🦃Read a book with a character who is rich

Dying for Danish (Lexy Baker 2) Leighann Dobbs (the murder victim was a gold digger the groom to be a millionaire) 11/06/24

X or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation)

The Reunion Dinner (Busybodies 2) Jesse Q. Sutanto (Chinese New Year meal) 11/12/24

XX or where the author’s initials can be found in HOMEMADE.

Holiday Hideaway Mary Kay Andrews 11/02/24

The Life Impossible Matt Haig 11/22/24

☑️ 4. Cranberry Sauce (1)
🦃 Read a book with a red cover

X or where a character opens a can of something

What Never Happened Rachel Howzell Hall (p. 12) 11/09/24

or that is 17th or 19th in a series.

☑️ 5. Mashed Potatoes (5)
XXX 🦃Read a book set in England

We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders 1) Richard Osman 11/07/24

Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident (The Parasol Protectorate .75) Gail Carriger (England) 11/04/24

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School 1) Gail Carriger 11/18/24

The Third Wife Lisa Jewell 11/22/24

X or that genre is tagged as holiday

Death of a Pumpkin Carver (Haley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery 8) Lee Hollis 11/16/24

or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).

☑️ 6. Macaroni & Cheese (1)
🦃 Read a book set in Paris

or where a character eats mac and cheese

X or with a character called James or Thomas.

James Percival Everett 11/01/24

☑️ 7. Green Bean Casserole (2)
X 🦃 Read a book with a green cover

Sewing Suspicion (Quilting Cozy 1) Kathryn Mykel 11/26/25

X or where the page count has a 2 and 0

Reading Between the Lies (Survivors’ Book Club Mystery 4) Lynn Cahoon (201 pages) 11/03/24

or where a character or author’s last name is Campbell.

☑️ 8. Sweet Potato Casserole (1)
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows

X or a book that you think is sweet

Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe 1) Ali Hazelwood 11/24/24

or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

☑️ 9. Brussels sprouts (3)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something

Aunt Bessie Enjoys (Isle of Man 5) Diana Xarissa (Bessie roasts two chickens for Wednesday’s dinner) 11/24/24

X or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Italian Wedding Murder (Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria 4) Patti Benning (p. 69 “. . . halfway done with her bacon, chicken and pineapple personal pizza . . .”) 11/05/24

X or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet 2) Sarah Adams 11/25/24

☑️ 10. Creamed Corn (3)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter

All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker (p. 255 Buttercake is made) 11/21/24

X or a book you think is spicy

Window Shopping Tessa Bailey 11/15/24

X or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.

Pet (Pet 1) Akwaeke Emezi 11/04/24

☑️ 11. Cornbread (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with a Native American character

Wandering Stars (There, There 2) Tommy Orange 11/08/24

X or set in Europe

Murder in Verona (Armstrong and Oscar 9) T.A. Williams (Italy) 11/15/24

X or where the author’s initials can be found in CORNBREAD.

More Than a Silly Crush (Cowboys of Stargazer Ranch 4) Remi Carrington 11/04/24

☑️ 12 Rolls/ biscuits (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year Margaret Renkl 11/17/24

X or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Death in the Romance Aisle (Survivors’ Bookclub 3) Lynn Cahoon (p. 27 “. . . held out a doggie biscuit for Killer . . .”) 11/01/24

X or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.

Come Homicide or High Water (Welcome Back to Scrumble River 3) Denise Swanson (Scrumble River) 11/05/24

☑️ 13 Butternut squash (2)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides (p. 474 “. . . We got bean soup . . .”) 11/02/24

X or puts sugar in something

Triple Shot (Maggie Thorsten 7) Sandra Balzo 11/17/24

or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

☑️ 14 Carrots (3)
X 🦃 Read a book with an orange cover

Magical Meet Cute Jean Meltzer 11/06/24

X or where a character listens to jazz music

The Only Woman in the Room Marie Benedict (p. 76 - Hedy listens to jazz on her honeymoon) 11/10/24

X or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).

Vera Kelly: Lost and Found (Vera Kelly 3) Rosalie Knecht (Vera calls Max Honey) 11/10/24

☑️ 15. Candied Yams (5)
X 🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...

Jewel Bret Lott (Mississippi) 11/07/24

Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome 2) Sarah Adams (Kentucky) 11/13/24

X or read a book by a favorite author

Slow Dance Rainbow Rowell 11/15/24

XX or where the author’s initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.

Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber 11/24/24

Zapped in the Zinnias (Lovely Lethal Gardens 26) Dale Mayer 11/24/24

☑️ 16. Pecan Pie (1)
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover

X or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what)

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country Louise Erdrich (p. 89 - Ojibwemowin maple syrup on pancakes) 11/11/24

or where the author’s initials can be found in PECAN.

☑️ 17. Pumpkin Pie. (2)
🦃 Read a book set in fall

X or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what)

Pumpkin Spice Puppy (Melanie Travis 30) Laurien Berenson (to a pumpkin latte) 11/16/24

X or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

The Truth about the Devlins Lisa Scottoline 11/03/24

☑️ 18. Cranberry Pie (4)
X 🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

Plainsong (Plainsong 1) Kent Haruf
(p. 172 “. . . Dutch Apple Pie . . . but she could only eat half of hers . . .”) 11/08/24

XX or where a character follows tradition

Coco: A Story about Music, Shoes, and Family Diana López (Miguel’s family makes shoes) 11/17/24

Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa Cather 11/25/24

X or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School 1) Gail Carriger 11/18/24

☑️ 19. Apple Pie (3)
XX 🦃 Read a book set in the U.S.

The Doll's House Lisa Unger (upstate New York) 11/06/24

A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving (New Hampshire) 11/20/24

or that is 14th in a series

X or where a character serves comfort food.

Murder, Money & Marzipan (Lexy Baker 3) Leighann Dobbs 11/11/24

☑️ 20. Sweet Potato Pie (1)
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783)

or with vegetables on the cover

X or where the author’s initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division Elif Shafak 11/23/24

[JoAnne]

FINISHED
Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - December 18, 2024
Level 1: 10 - 20 Tasks
Read: 20

TASKS
1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character who is described as wild.
Love in Due Time L.B. Dunbar 11/6/24

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in DRESSING.
Carpentry and Cocktails Nora Everly 12/17/24

3. Gravy
🦃 Read a book where a family sits down to a feast.
Falling For You Karice Bolton 11/16/24

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover.
Crime and Periodicals Nora Everly 12/15/24

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃 Read a book set in England.
A Seasonal Pursuit Rebecca Connolly 11/30/24

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book where a character eats mac and cheese.
Under the Stars Laura Pavlov 11/19/24

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0.
207 pages Remembering Betty Heather Sage 12/12/24

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows.
Christmas at the Marshmallow Cafe C.P. Ward 12/18/24

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character eats bacon.
Cross My Heart Lea Coll 11/4/24 p 171 He slid a plate of eggs and bacon across the counter toward me. There were even strawberries cut up on the side. Emotion clogged my throat as I picked up a fork and forced myself to eat.

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
Falling Into Forever Elena Aitken 11/25/24

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
The Party Line Carolyn Brown 11/26/24

12. Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
Solitude, Oregon Gone to Her Grave Melinda Leigh 11/29/24

13. Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup. Just Add Mischief Heather B. Moore 12/11/24 p 60 ...played on his lips before he took another bite of his soup.

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book where a character gets called honey.
Beverly Love in Deed L.B. Dunbar 11/11/24

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
The Grumpy Billionaire Who Stole Christmas Erin McCarthy 12/3/24

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character puts syrup on something.
Syrup on pancakes The Seaside House Sophie Kenna 11/10/24

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
A Broken Bone Melinda Leigh 11/5/24

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie.
p 198 "They did not seem pleased", Gabe announced, taking a bite out of the pie. (The pie was apple.) Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet Lucy Score 12/1/24

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character serves comfort food.
No More Secrets Lucy Score 11/22/24

20. Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book with vegetables on the cover.
The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore 11/15/24

[Genevieve]

Well done Melissa A & JoAnne

[Lali & Michelle]

FINISHED

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

41/41+

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
🟡 Character named Hamilton: Furever After by Sofie Kelly 12/11/24
🟡 Turkey on cover: The Knife Before Christmas by Kate Carlisle 12/15/24


2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
🟡 Author's initials NG: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 12/7/24
🟡 Author's initials SI: We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida 12/19/24

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
🟡 Author's initials AH: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett 11/10/24
🟡 Character is rich: The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton 11/18/24
🟡 MMC is rich: Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood 11/24/24
🟡 Author's initials are OD: All by My Elf by Olivia Dade 11/24/24
🟡 MMC Cameron Clewe is rich: A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert 12/16/24

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
🟡 Fortune Funhouse (Miss Fortune Mystery #19) by Jana Deleon 12/17/24

5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
🟡 Tagged as holiday (Halloween): The Legend of Sleepy Harlow by Kylie Logan 11/22/24
🟡 Tagged as holiday (Christmas): 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost 12/8/24

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
🟡 MC's brother is named James: Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O'Connor 11/11/24
🟡 MMC named James: The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers 11/20/24
🟡 MC's boyfriend is James: Digging Up History by Sheila Connolly 11/27/24
🟡 MC's brother is James: Murder at an Irish Christmas by Carlene O'Connor 12/6/24

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
🟡 Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 11/15/24
🟡 The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali 12/4/24


8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
🟡 MC eats a peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich: Absence of Alice by Sherry Harris 11/12/24
🟡 Book that is sweet: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy 11/19/24

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
🟡 "...and alternated those bites with crispy-looking bacon." (Location 19%): The Cat, the Vagabond and the Victim by Leann Sweeney 11/7/24
🟡 "I found Diesel and Ramses in the kitchen, begging Azalea for bacon as usual....Since I loved bacon --a bit too well for my cholesterol--I didn't mind having it for breakfast so often." p215: Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James 12/2/24

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
🟡 Author's initials CM: Death of an Irish Mummy by Catie Murphy 11/9/24

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
🟡 Author's initials EA: Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams 11/14/24
🟡 Authors initials DB: Geared for the Grave by Duffy Brown 11/23/24
🟡 Set in Europe: A Cold Nose for Murder by Jennifer Hawkins 12/5/24
🟡 Author's initials are AB: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 12/10/24
🟡 Author's initials are BA: Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allan 12/13/24
🟡 Set in Europe: Snowed In by Catherine Walsh 12/21/24

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
🟡 "We decided to forget all about David Cooper and have a dog biscuit." p78 (43%): Moving Violation by Melanie Jackson 11/2/24
🟡 Location is Sinful, Louisiana: Gators and Garters by Jana Deleon 11/21/24
🟡 Apples on the cover: Pulp Friction by Julie Anne (Lindsey) Hatcher 11/28/24


13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT( 3 word minimum).

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey.( Tell us whom).
🟡 MCs listen to jazz music: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid 11/25/24
🟡 Hennessy called Frances "honey": Grace Interrupted by Julie Hyzy 12/18/24

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
🟡 Set in South: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw 11/8/24

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
🟡 MC puts ginger syrup on on a lime cream angel cake p31: Murder Always Barks Twice by Jennifer Hawkins 11/1/24
🟡 Author's initials are AP: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 12/20/24

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
🟡 Character follows tradition: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 11/16/24
🟡 "Try the venison pie. It's one of Miss Jones's finer creations." p150 A Picture of Murder by T.E. Kinsey 12/1/24

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
🟡 Set in the US: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 11/30/24

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
🟡 Vegetables on cover: Peking Duck and Cover by Vivien Chien 11/6/24

[Genevieve]

Well done Lali & Michelle

[Vanessa]

FINISHED!

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 3: 41 or more

READ: 53/41+

TASKS

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character who is described as wild
Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter 7/4/25
Jackie is described as wild.

2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
ER Crime of Fashion by Emma Rosenblum 5/24/25
NS Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders 5/22/25

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
MM Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima 2/14/25

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover.
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson 12/22/24
The Donor by Clare Mackintosh 1/2/25


5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England.
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson 2/15/25
🦃Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES.
DID Death in December by Victor Gunn 6/5/25
IDDI I Didn't Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks 9/5/25

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book with a character called James or Thomas.
Bull by Mike Bartlett 3/31/25

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0.
290 pages - The Villa by Rachel Hawkins 2/2/25
203 pages - Death by Windmill by Jennifer S. Alderson 7/5/25
208 pages - Audition by Ryū Murakami 8/23/25
20 pages - What Was It? by Fitz-James O'Brien 9/7/25
320 pages - The Club by Ellery Lloyd 9/18/25
120 pages - Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito 9/21/25
290 pages - An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena 9/25/25
240 pages - The Body in the Belfry by Katherine Hall Page 10/7/25

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book that you think is sweet.
Christmas Corpse by Mona Marple 12/30/24
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai 5/6/25

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSLES SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).
TLR The Lumber Room by Saki 6/12/25

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
CM My Body, Herself by Carmen Machado 11/6/24
ACD The Case of Lady Sannox by Arthur Conan Doyle 12/22/24
CD The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas 1/18/25
MR Was She Wicked? Was She Good? by M. Rickert 2/28/25
MA The Man with the Sack by Margery Allingham 4/24/25
AM The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen 6/22/25

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
RB The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 1/25/25

12 Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text.
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson 6/2/25
pg 86 "He sips his tea, starts on the last biscuit."

13 Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character puts sugar in something.
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh 5/31/25
pg 141 - While making her apple tart: "I measured sugar into a bowl..."

14 Carrots
🦃 Read a book where a character gets called honey.
The Gift by Alison Gaylin 5/30/25
pg 29 "Yes, honey," Lyla says to her daughter.

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
NI Run on Red by Noelle W. Ihli 1/7/25
NI Red X by Noelle W. Ihli 1/7/25
SA Love & Estrogen by Samantha Allen 5/28/25
SM Emergency Landing by Seanan McGuire 6/6/25

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
EN Hide in Place by Emilya Naymark 1/29/25
NP The Island by Natasha Preston 3/9/25
PC Murder on New Year's Eve by P. Creeden 5/24/25
NP The Maid by Nita Prose 5/18/25
NP The Nosy Neighbor by Nita Prose 6/7/25

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
LS That Which Does Not Kill You by Lucy A. Snyder 12/23/24
MS Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall 2/13/25
SM If Living is Seeing I'm Holding My Breath by Sunny Moraine 2/28/25
SM Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine 3/18/25
MB Mrs Delgado by Mike Bartlett 5/24/25

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA.
My Murder by Katie Williams 2/5/25
Michigan

20, Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
PT The Pond by Paul Tremblay 11/6/24
TA No Exit by Taylor Adams 2/28/25
SW Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson 2/6/25
AW Rabbit Heart by Alyssa Wong 5/10/25
EW The Chopham Affair by Edgar Wallace 5/10/25
AT A Classic Case by Alicia Thompson 5/24/25
SP Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker 6/16/25

[Genevieve]

Welcome Vanessa

[Julesy]

FINISHED!

Thanksgiving Foods
Duration November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025

Level 3: 41 or more
Each task can be done as often as needed. Please show the cover if doing that task.

Progress: 41/41

1. Turkey
🦃 Read a book with a character called Alexander, Hamilton, Benjamin or Franklin or with a character who is described as wild or with a turkey on the cover.
🦃 Read a book with a turkey on the cover. Turkey Trot Plot by Carolyn Keene - Nov. 17

🦃 Read a book with a turkey on the cover. A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau - Dec. 23


2. Stuffing
🦃 Read a book where a character eats stuffing or where a character reads or cooks from a cookbook or where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING.
📖Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING. Home for the Homicides by Rosalie Spielman - Nov. 14
📖Read a book where the authors initials can be found in DRESSING. The Missing Dragon by Ryan Estrada - Dec. 13

3. Gravy
🦃Read a book with a character who is rich or where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation) or where the authors initials can be found in HOMEMADE.
💰Read a book with a character who is rich. Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel by Bob Al-Greene - Nov. 3
🍲Read a book where a family sits down to a feast (Your interpretation). Dreamover by Dani Diaz - Dec. 21

4. Cranberry Sauce
🦃 Read a book with a red cover or where a character opens a can of something or that is 17th or 19th in a series.
🔴Read a book with a red cover. The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio - Nov. 8

🔴Read a book with a red cover. Total Suplex of the Heart by Joanne Starer - Dec. 12


5. Mashed Potatoes
🦃Read a book set in England or that genre is tagged as holiday or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SIDE DISHES. (Three word minimum).
🐶That genre is tagged as holiday. Best in Snow by David Rosenfelt - Dec. 6
🎄That genre is tagged as holiday. Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay - Dec. 14

6. Macaroni & Cheese
🦃 Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese or with a character called James or Thomas.
☂️Read a book set in Paris. Always Never by Jordi Lafebre - Dec. 9
🧀Read a book set in Paris or where a character eats mac and cheese. Murder at First Light by Christine Knapp - Dec. 11

7. Green Bean Casserole
🦃 Read a book with a green cover or where the page count has a 2 and 0 or where a character or authors last name is Campbell.
🟢Read a book with a green cover. Korgi: The Complete Tale by Christian Slade - Nov. 8

🟢Read a book with a green cover. Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol - Nov. 12

🟢Read a book with a green cover. Asadora! 5 by Naoki Urasawa - Nov. 30

2️⃣0️⃣Read a book where the page count has a 2 and 0. We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel by Josh Tuininga - Dec. 19

8. Sweet Potato Casserole
🦃 Read a book where a character eats marshmallows or a book that you think is sweet or that is set during Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).
🧁Read a book that you think is sweet. Mia's Baker's Dozen: The Graphic Novel by Coco Simon - Dec. 1

9. Brussels sprouts
🦃 Read a book where a character roasts something or where a character eats bacon (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (Three word minimum).

10. Creamed Corn
🦃 Read a book where a character cooks in butter or a book you think is spicy or where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED.
🌽Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED. Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan - Nov. 30
🅰️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CREAMED. Sea Sirens by Amy Chu - Dec. 19

11. Cornbread
🦃 Read a book with a Native American character or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD.
🅱️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD. Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year by Ramsey Beyer - Nov. 5
👩🏼‍🌾Read a book with a Native American character. Home for the Homicides by Rosalie Spielman - Nov. 14
👩🏽‍🌾Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CORNBREAD. We Served the People: My Mother's Stories by Emei Burell - Dec. 3
🎭Read a book set in Europe. (Greece) Athena the Proud by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams - Dec. 16

12. Rolls/ biscuits
🦃 Read a book with a fruit on the cover or with the word biscuit in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS.
🏄🏽‍♀️Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS. The Clue in the Reef by Kim Dwinell - Surfside City, CA - Dec. 7
🅰️🆗Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS. A-Okay by Jarad Greene - Lutz, FL - Dec. 17
🦆Read a book where the first letter of the location can be found in ROLLS. Wallace the Brave by Will Henry - Snug Harbor - Dec. 28

13. Butternut squash
🦃 Read a book where a character eats soup (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or puts sugar in something or where the first letter of each title word can be found in BUTTERNUT (3 word minimum).

14. Carrots
🦃 Read a book with an orange cover or where a character listens to jazz music or where a character gets called honey. (Tell us whom).
🎷Read a book where a character listens to jazz music. Enter the Blue by Dave Chisholm - Dec. 15

15. Candied Yams
🦃 Read a book set in the South USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther... or read a book by a favorite author or where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS.
🍠Read a book where the authors initials can be found in CANDIED YAMS. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem - Nov. 7
🌅Read a book set in the South USA. Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi - Key West, FL - Nov. 15
📣Read a book set in the South USA. The Squad by Christina Soontornvat - Texas - Dec. 4

16. Pecan Pie
🦃 Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in PECAN.
✍🏼Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN. Visitations by Corey Egbert - Nov. 9
✍🏼Read a book where the authors initials can be found in PECAN. Puzzled: A Memoir about Growing Up with OCD by Pan Cooke - Dec. 27
🥞Read a book with a pie on the cover or where a character puts syrup on something (Tell us what). A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau - maple syrup on pancakes - Dec. 28

17. Pumpkin Pie.
🍵Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what) or where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL.
☕Read a book set in fall or where cinnamon is added to a dish (tell us what). Killer Under Contract by Catherine Bruns - a nonfat latte with a touch of cinnamon - Nov. 16
🅱️Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SYMBOL. The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Winterfest: Graphic Novel by Brenda Maier - Dec. 17

18. Cranberry Pie
🦃 Read a book where a character eats pie (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or where a character follows tradition or where the first letter of each title word can be found in CRANBERRY PIE (Three word minimum).
🧧Read a book where a character follows tradition. Peking Duck and Cover by Vivien Chien - lots of traditions are followed for Lunar New Year - Nov. 22
🎄Read a book where a character follows tradition. A Christmas Carol: A Graphic Novel by Benjamin Harper - Dec. 11

19. Apple Pie
🦃 Read a book set in the USA or that is 14th in a series or where a character serves comfort food.
1️⃣4️⃣Read a book that is 14th in a series. Hounded to Death by Laurien Berenson - Nov. 10
🛤️Read a book set in the USA. Dying for a Decoration by Cindy Sample - Placerville, CA - Dec. 31

20. Sweet Potato Pie
🦃 Read a book set during colonial times (the early 1600s to 1783) or with vegetables on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO.
🍠Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO. Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobin
🍠Read a book where the authors initials can be found in SWEET POTATO. Saving Chupie by Amparo Ortiz - Nov. 22